Ceresian
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[edit]From Latin Ceresius (as in Ceresius lacus, Lake Lugano), from Cerēs. Often a nonce coinage for Cererian (vd. 1866).
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[edit]Ceresian (not comparable)
- Of or relating to the Roman goddess Ceres.
- 1824, “Cist”, in James Elmes,, editor, A general and bibliographical dictionary of the fine arts:
- The bearers of the mystic cists in the Ceresian and Eleusinian processions were called Cistophori and Canephorae.
- 1866, John Jones Thomas, “The Cimbro-Celtic Families”, in Britannia antiquissima, page 17:
- I shall want the Olympic twigs, the Pindaric olives, and the germinal sprigs of the Ceres-ian Ciros, &c, in the course of my remarks on druidical ceremonies. [italics in original]
- 1902, “Is Natural Selection Evolving a Sober Race?”, in The Westminster Review, volume 158, page 504:
- Many years ago, a Mr. Torbit brought forward a Ceresian scheme for producing a disease-proof potato.
- 1920, Charles Isaacson, “The Musical Digest”, in Theatre Magazine, volume 31, page 232:
- Some day I hope to hear the Corybantian dances and perhaps the Ceresian music of Eleusia.
- (rare) Of or relating to the dwarf planet/asteroid Ceres.