Isiac

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[is-ee-ak, iz-, ahy-see-] / ˈɪs iˌæk, ˈɪz-, ˈaɪ si- /

Also Isiacal

adjective

1. of or relating to Isis or the worship of Isis.

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Etymology

Origin of Isiac

1700–10; < Latin Īsiacus < Greek Īsiakós. See Isis, -ac

Example Sentences

He might be a scoffer like Nero, or a spiritually-minded Stoic like M. Aurelius, an Isiac devotee like Commodus, or devoted to the Syrian worships like the Oriental princes of the third century.

From Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius by Dill, Samuel

Names of persons of this class appear on many monuments as holders of Isiac office or liberal benefactors.

From Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius by Dill, Samuel

Fathers themselves were the first to recognize that "the devil too had his sacraments," and that the Eleusinian, Isiac, Mithraic and other mystae used baptism in their rites of initiation.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" by Various

With the reign of Commodus, who was himself initiated both in the Isiac and Mithraic mysteries, begins the temporary triumph of the oriental cults, which was to reach its height in the reign of Julian.

From Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius by Dill, Samuel

We may mention here another inscribed tablet, the celebrated Isiac table in the Museum at Turin.

From Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life by Haines, T. L. (Thomas Louis)