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Definition of Omophagic
1. a. Eating raw flesh; using uncooked meat as food; as, omophagic feasts, rites.
Definition of Omophagic
1. Adjective. Eating raw flesh; using uncooked meat as food. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Omophagic
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Omophagic
Literary usage of Omophagic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Origin and Development of Religious Belief by Sabine Baring-Gould (1892)
"... fire—Confession—Communion—by sexual union—by dreams—by partaking of a
sacrifice—omophagic rites—Soma rites— Cannibalism—Theory of sacramental communion. ..."
2. The Lives of the Saints by Sabine Baring-Gould (1879)
"And after that the proconsul sent to the emperor Julian, to announce what 1 He
is alluding to the omophagic rites of Zeus Zagreus, in which the worshippers ..."
3. Introduction to the History of Religions by Crawford Howell Toy (1913)
"All these procedures have parallels in known savage cults. omophagic orgies are
described by Nilus (among the Saracens), 1 Plutarch, ..."
4. Traces of the Elder Faiths of Ireland: A Folklore Sketch; a Handbook of by William Gregory Wood Martin (1902)
"These bloody omophagic feasts were celebrated every three years, and took place
chiefly in Chios and Tenedos ; from the raw flesh eaten at them, ..."
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