Mithraic

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English

Etymology

From Mithras +‎ -ic. First attested in English circa 1678. More at Mithras.

Adjective

Mithraic (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to Mithraism.
    • 1928, Lewis Spence, Mysteries of Britain, page xii. 249:
      [T]hat the Druids deliberately adopted Mithraic, Serapic or other exotic rituals is, to me, unthinkable.

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