Cabiri
noun
a group of gods, probably of Eastern origin, worshiped in mysteries in various parts of ancient Greece, the cult centers being at Samothrace and Thebes.
Cabiric
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a word derived from
Cabiri.
Example Sentences
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Certain gods, whose worship was first established in the Island of Samothrace, where the Cabiric Mysteries were practised until the beginning of the Christian era.
From The Symbolism of Freemasonry by Albert G. Mackey
The legend of the Cabiric Mysteries, as far as it can be understood from the faint allusions of ancient authors, was in spirit and design very analogous to that of the third degree of Masonry.
From The Symbolism of Freemasonry by Albert G. Mackey
Processional marches not a few our world has seen; Roman triumphs and ovations, Cabiric cymbal-beatings, Royal progresses, Irish funerals: but this of the French Monarchy marching to its bed remained to be seen.
From The French Revolution by Thomas Carlyle
He was, it appears, a healing, i. e. an appeasing deity, like Jasion in the Cabiric mysteries of Samothrace.
From The History of Antiquity, Vol. I (of VI) by Max Duncker
The rites, by some supposed to be of the Menadic sort, or perhaps with an Eleusinian or Cabiric character, are held strictly secret.
From Sartor Resartus: the life and opinions of Herr Teufelsdröckh by Thomas Carlyle
