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Eleusinian mysteries
El·eu·sin·i·an mys·ter·ies


plural noun 
Definition:
 
ancient Greek rituals: in ancient Greece, the secret religious rites celebrated annually at Eleusis and Athens that honored Persephone, Demeter, and Dionysus
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