Isiac
[ is-ee-ak, iz-, ahy-see- ]
adjective
of or relating to Isis or the worship of Isis.
Origin of Isiac
1- Also I·si·a·cal [ih-sahy-uh-kuhl, ahy-sahy-]. /ɪˈsaɪ ə kəl, aɪˈsaɪ-/.
Words Nearby Isiac
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How to use Isiac in a sentence
The altar was termed Tuphon Isiac, sive Βωμος Ισιακος, from the sacra Isiaca, which were performed upon it.
It has been contended that this was a description of the Isiac temple in Rome.
Plotinos: Complete Works, v. 1 | Plotinos (Plotinus)It was of no avail to level to the ground the Isiac chapels, and to banish their ministers.
Magic and Witchcraft | AnonymousWe may mention here another inscribed tablet, the celebrated Isiac table in the Museum at Turin.
Museum of Antiquity | L. W. YaggyThis is the sacred beetle, which is so often represented in ancient cameos and obelisks, and in the Isiac peplums of the mummies.
Zoological Mythology (Volume II) | Angelo de Gubernatis
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