Meanings
plural Iseions
- alternativeAlternative form of Iseum.
In the Pharaonic times it was celebrated for the worship of Isis, Osiris, and their son Horus. Its ruins still attest the magnificence of its buildings but the Iseion... was built in the reign of the last Cleopatra...
1854, William Bodham Donne, Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, s.v. "Hermonthis"1 more example
The name of her shrine also clearly promises knowledge and comprehension of reality; for it is named Iseion, to indicate that we shall comprehend reality if in a reasonable and devout frame of mind we pass within the portals of her shrines.
1936, Plutarch, translated by Frank Cole Babbitt, Isis and Osiris, §2
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Ancient GreekἼσειον
- EnglishIseion
From Ancient Greek Ἴσειον (Íseion), from Ἶσις (Îsis, “Isis”).
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Iseion. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Iseion
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