Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The ancient Persian god of light and guardian against evil, often identified with the sun.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A deity of the ancient Persians, the god of light or of the sun, who came at last to be regarded as the ruler of both the material and the spiritual universe, and was worshiped with an elaborate ritual, with accompaniment of ceremonial mysteries.
- noun A genus of South American lycænid butterflies.
- noun A genus of spiders.
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- proper noun A Roman god, cult figure of the 2nd-4th century Roman mystery religion known as the "Mysteries of Mithras" (now colloquially
Mithraism )
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun ancient Persian god of light and truth; sun god
Etymologies
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Examples
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It should be added that Professor Cumont does not regard it as a Mithraic liturgy at all, but accounts for the distinct mention of the name Mithras, which is to be found in some parts, to a common tendency of semi-magical incantations to employ as many deities as possible.
A Source Book for Ancient Church History Joseph Cullen Ayer 1905
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Mithras is right: there are unhinged people on both 'sides'; the best we can do ourselves is engage the reasonable folks, i.e., the folks who realize that the two sides that matter are us and the Republicans.
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And how did he know his visitant was called Mithras?
Portobello Ruth Rendell 2010
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Mithras is another arrogant yuppie full of his own ego and is really not worth bothering about.
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[72] Zoroaster taught that the sun was the most perfect fire of God, the throne of his glory, and the residence of his divine presence, and he therefore instructed his disciples "to direct all their worship to God first towards the sun (which they called Mithras), and next towards their sacred fires, as being the things in which God chiefly dwelt; and their ordinary way of worship was to do so towards both.
The Symbolism of Freemasonry Albert G. Mackey
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She drove back to Eugene’s, thinking of the man she had left behind in that sepulchral place and wondering if, with her departure, the mind-created thing he called Mithras was muttering to him once more.
Portobello Ruth Rendell 2010
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There are no images for God in their temples, so that everyone may represent Him to his thoughts, according to the way of his religion; nor do they call this one God by any other name than that of Mithras, which is the common name by which they all express the Divine
Utopia 1999
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For which cause, the Persians called Mithras the mediator.
Ten Great Religions An Essay in Comparative Theology James Freeman Clarke 1849
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The Vatican was built upon the grounds previously devoted to the worship of Mithra (also known as Mithras) (600 B.C.)
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There are no images for God in their temples, so that every one may represent Him to his thoughts according to the way of his religion; nor do they call this one God by any other name but that of Mithras, which is the common name by which they all express the Divine Essence, whatsoever otherwise they think it to be; nor are there any prayers among them but such as every one of them may use without prejudice to his own opinion.
Utopia Thomas More
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