| 单词 |
Mithraic |
| 释义 |
Mithraic, a.|mɪˈθreɪɪk|
[f. Mithra + -ic. Cf. late L. Mithriacus Mithriac.]
Of, pertaining to, or connected with Mithras or his worship.
1678Cudworth Intell. Syst. i. iv. §16. 286 Zoroaster and the ancient Magi, who were best initiated in the Mithraick Mysteries. 1818Millingen in Archæologia (1821) XIX. 71 The crow, the scorpion, and the serpent, are animals commonly seen on Mithraic monuments. 1877Parker Catacombs of Rome Plate xv, Catacomb of Mithraic Worshippers.
Hence Miˈthraicism = Mithraism; Miˈthraicist = Mithraist; Miˈthraicize v. = Mithraize.
1864C. W. King Gnostics 49 Such a connexion was actually declared by the partisans of Mithraicism. Ibid. 62 The author of the Apocalypse probably had the Mithraicists in view in penning this allegory. Ibid. 248 (Index) Mithraicising Christians. 1878Coote in Archæologia (1882) XLVII. 206 A stone commemorating this birth of Mithras was an object of adoration amongst the Mithraicists. 1888Pop. Sci. Monthly Feb. 560 Mithraicism, with explanations of its alliance with Occidental Christianity. 1898Contemp. Rev. Jan. 96 The Lord's Supper was modified to meet the Christians who had been converted from Mithraicism. |
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