English Explanatory Dictionary

epopt

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An initiate in the Eleusinian Mysteries; one who has attended the epopteia.
  2. One instructed in the mysteries of a secret system.

Word forms

epopt epopts

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἐπόπτης (epóptēs, “initiate into mysteries”).

Derived words

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