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Definition of Mithraicism
1. Noun. Ancient Persian religion; popular among Romans during first three centuries a.d..
Generic synonyms: Faith, Religion, Religious Belief
Derivative terms: Mithraist, Mithraistic
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mithraicism
Literary usage of Mithraicism
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Julian, Philosopher and Emperor, and the Last Struggle of Paganism Against by Alice Gardner (1895)
"In his private observances and dominant thoughts he was a follower of mithraicism,
or the philosophy of Sola Monotheism. The origin and character of tins ..."
2. The Growth of Christianity by Percy Gardner (1907)
"Tertullian also gives us an account of what he calls the sacraments of mithraicism—
of sprinklings with sacred water to remove moral stains, of anointings ..."
3. English Conferences of Ernest Renan: Rome and Christianity. Marcus Aurelius by Ernest Renan (1880)
"Christianity taken the lead, mithraicism would have become the religion of the
worldly mithraicism had ..."
4. Our Sun-god, Or, Christianity Before Christ: A Demonstration That, as the by John Denham Parsons (1895)
"Now mithraicism is known to have met with great success even in Rome itself, and
in Roman relics dedicatory inscriptions to "Deo Soli Invicto ..."
5. The Archaeological Journal by Council, British Archaeological Association, Central Committee (1890)
"... analagous to the old mithraicism. Bura, Rome and the Campagna, p. 271, Temple
of Mithras or Apollo on the Vatican, close to the Circus of Nero, ..."
6. The Journal of Philology by William George Clark, John Eyton Bickersteth Mayor, William Aldis Wright, Ingram Bywater, Henry Jackson (1895)
"mithraicism was introduced into Asia Minor long before it spread to Greece and
Italy: see CW King 'The Gnostics and their remains' Part np 113 sqq. ..."
7. Bible Myths and Their Parallels in Other Religions: Being a Comparison of by Thomas William Doane (1882)
"Those who were initiated into the mysteries of Mithra, or became 'members, took
the sacrament of bread and wine.4 M. Renan, speaking of mithraicism, ..."
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