English Explanatory Dictionary

pharmakos

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. In Ancient Greek religion, the ritualistic sacrifice or exile of a human scapegoat.

Word forms

pharmakos pharmakoi

Etymology

From Ancient Greek φαρμακός (pharmakós).

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