English Explanatory Dictionary

bakchoi

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. In the Eleusinian Mysteries, the branches that initiates swung along the ground along the Sacred Way, the 22-kilometer pilgrimage from Athens to Eleusis.

Word forms

bakchoi

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βάκχοι (bákkhoi), from Βάκχος (Bákkhos).

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