Cabiric

/kəˈbɪrɪk/ adjective

Definition

Relating to the Cabiri or their religious mysteries, rites, and worship in ancient Greek religion.

Etymology

From Cabiri with Latin adjectival suffix -ic. This is the most direct adjectival form, using the classical suffix pattern used in English for mythological adjectives.

Kelly Says

Scholars studying cabiric rites have had to use fragments from non-initiated writers and archaeological evidence, since the actual initiation texts were deliberately destroyed or never written down.

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