Chthonian

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Chthonian \Chtho"ni*an\, a. [Gr. ? in or under the earth, fr. ?,
     ?, earth.]
     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.
          [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  chthonian
       adj : of the underworld; "nether regions" [syn: {chthonic}, {lower},
              {nether}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  68 Moby Thesaurus words for "chthonian":
     Acherontic, Druid, Hadean, Lethean, Parsi, Plutonian, Plutonic,
     Sabaist, Satan worshiper, Satanist, Stygian, Tartarean,
     Zoroastrian, animal worshiper, anthropolater, arborolater,
     archaeolater, bibliolatrous, chthonic, demon worshiper, demoniast,
     demonist, demonolater, demonologer, demonologist, demonomist,
     dendrolater, devil worshiper, devilish, diabolist, fetishist,
     fetishistic, fire worshiper, heathen, hellborn, hellish,
     idol worshiper, idol worshiping, idolater, idolatress, idolatric,
     idolatrical, idolatrizer, idolatrous, idolist, idolistic, idolizer,
     infernal, nature worshiper, ophiolater, pagan, pandemoniac,
     pandemonic, phallic worshiper, plutonian, plutonic, purgatorial,
     pyrolater, snake worshiper, sorcerer, star worshiper, sulfurous,
     sun worshiper, theriolater, therolater, tree worshiper, zoolater,
     zoolatrous