Ceresian

alternative Cererian · alternative Cerean

1. not comparableOf or relating to the Roman goddess Ceres.

   Some day I hope to hear the Corybantian dances and perhaps the Ceresian music of Eleusia.

   1920, Charles Isaacson, “The Musical Digest”, in Theatre Magazine, volume 31, page 232

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   The bearers of the mystic cists in the Ceresian and Eleusinian processions were called Cistophori and Canephorae.

   1824, “Cist”, in James Elmes,, editor, A general and bibliographical dictionary of the fine arts

   I shall want the Olympic twigs, the Pindaric olives, and the germinal sprigs of the Ceres-ian Ciros, &c, in the course of my remarks on druidical ceremonies. [italics in original]

   1866, John Jones Thomas, “The Cimbro-Celtic Families”, in Britannia antiquissima, page 17

   Many years ago, a Mr. Torbit brought forward a Ceresian scheme for producing a disease-proof potato.

   1902, “Is Natural Selection Evolving a Sober Race?”, in The Westminster Review, volume 158, page 504

2. not comparablerareOf or relating to the dwarf planet/asteroid Ceres.