A follower or devotee of Adonis worship; a member of an Adonis cult or religious mystery tradition.
From Adonis with the -ite suffix denoting 'a person connected with or belonging to.' Similar suffix usage appears in words like 'Mendelite' or 'Trotskyite' for followers of particular systems.
Adonites participated in rites so secretive that nobody today knows exactly what they did—all we have are fragments, which made ancient people obsess over trying to figure out the mysteries, kind of like modern conspiracy theories!
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