Bona Dea

[ boh-nuh dee-uh, dey-uh ]

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noun

< Latin: literally, (the) Good Goddess

In the mysteries of that inner Bona Dea, speech is male, and may not enter.

The shouting and chanting processions of the priests of Bona Dea and of Isis added to the solemnity of the festival.

A picture of the shameful Clodius at the feast of Bona Dea arose before me.

Topsparkle called these assemblies the mysteries of the Bona Dea.

An antiquary of that county considers this a relic of Roman paganism, connected with the worship of Bona Dea.

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