Eleusinian

English

Etymology

From Latin eleusīnius +‎ -an.

Adjective

Eleusinian (comparative more Eleusinian, superlative most Eleusinian)

1. (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.

2. Pertaining to modern Eleusina.