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Mithraeum

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  [mith-ruh-iz-uh m] /ˈmɪθ rəˌɪz əm/ noun 1. an ancient Persian religion in which was worshiped, involving secret rituals to which only men were admitted: a major competitor of Christianity in the Roman empire during the 2nd and 3rd centuries a.d. /ˈmɪθreɪˌɪzəm/ noun 1. the ancient Persian religion of Mithras. It spread to the Roman Empire […]

• Mithras

  [mith-ras] /ˈmɪθ ræs/ noun, Persian Mythology. 1. the god of light and truth, later of the sun. /ˈmɪθræs/ noun 1. (Persian myth) the god of light, identified with the sun, who slew a primordial bull and fertilized the world with its blood Persian god of light, 1550s, from Latin, from Greek Mithras, from Avestan Mithra-, […]

• Mithredath

  given by Mithra, or dedicated to Mithra, i.e., the sun, the Hebrew form of the Greek name Mithridates. (1.) The “treasurer” of King Cyrus (Ezra 1:8). (2.) Ezra 4:7, a Persian officer in Samaria.

• Mithridate

  [mith-ri-deyt] /ˈmɪθ rɪˌdeɪt/ noun, Old Pharmacology. 1. a confection believed to contain an antidote to every poison. /ˈmɪθrɪˌdeɪt/ noun 1. (obsolete) a substance believed to be an antidote to every poison and a cure for every disease n. “antidote against poison,” from Medieval Latin mithridatum, from Late Latin mithridatium, neuter of Mithridatius “pertaining to Mithridates,” […]

• Mithridatism

  [mith-ri-dey-tiz-uh m] /ˈmɪθ rɪˌdeɪ tɪz əm/ noun 1. the production of immunity against the action of a poison by taking the poison in gradually increased doses. /ˈmɪθrɪdeɪˌtɪzəm/ noun 1. immunity to large doses of poison by prior ingestion of gradually increased doses mithridatism mith·ri·da·tism (mĭth’rĭ-dā’tĭz’əm) n. Tolerance or immunity to a poison acquired by taking […]

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