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2 definitions found
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Chtho·ni·an
a.
Designating
,
or
pertaining
to
,
gods
or
spirits
of
the
underworld
;
esp
.,
relating
to
the
underworld
gods
of
the
Greeks
,
whose
worship
is
widely
considered
as
more
primitive
in
form
than
that
of
the
Olympian
gods
.
The
characteristics
of
chthonian
worship
are
propitiatory
and
magical
rites
and
generalized
or
euphemistic
names
of
the
deities
,
which
are
supposed
to
have
been
primarily
ghosts
.
Syn:
--
chthonic
,
lower
,
nether
.
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From:
WordNet (r) 2.0
chthonian
adj
:
of
the
underworld
; "
nether
regions
" [
syn
:
chthonic
,
lower
,
nether
]
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