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English
Etymology
From Latin eleusīnius + -an.
Adjective
Eleusinian (comparative more Eleusinian, superlative most Eleusinian)
- (historical) Pertaining to ancient Eleusis, in Attica, or the Eleusinian Mysteries of Demeter celebrated there.
1791, Erasmus Darwin, The Economy of Vegetation, J. Johnson, page 89:Drives the profane from Mystery's bolted door, / And Suilence guards the Eleusinian lore.
1961, George Emmanuel Mylonas, Eleusis and the Eleusinian Mysteries, Princeton University Press, →ISBN, page 288:We must remember that a number of mystery cults besides the Eleusinian were current in the early centuries of Christianity and that there was abundant literature on the telete of the Orphic mysteries and doctrines.
- Pertaining to modern Eleusina.