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Ancient Persian religion
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mithraism
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Mithraism \Mithraism\ prop. n. The ancient Persian religion which worshiped Mithra; it was popular among Romans during first three centuries a. d. Syn: Mithraicism.
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Mithraism , also known as the Mythraic mysteries , was a mystery religion centred around the god Mithras that was practised in the Roman Empire from about the 1st to the 4th century. The religion was inspired by Persian worship of the god Mithra ( proto-Indo-Iranian ...
Usage examples of mithraism.
Like the initiate to Mithraism the human race has need, perhaps, of a periodical bloodbath and descent into the grave.
Jessup and the soldier about the glory that is Mithraism and its growth since the days when, almost two thousand years ago, it prospered unrivaled among the Roman Legions.
The Carthaginians spread their power throughout the middle east Mithraism was acknowledged as their state religion.
In the early days of Christianity the religion was struggling to establish itself against the popular Roman gods, and the Mithraism of the Persians.
He tells Jessup and the soldier about the glory that is Mithraism and its growth since the days when, almost two thousand years ago, it prospered unrivaled among the Roman Legions.
Romans, and for a time Mithraism was a genuine threat to Christianity, while other Gods, like Mercury and Isis, also continued to be worshipped, but Christianity was by far the most successful of the imports.
One of the central ideas of Mithraism was the dualistic notion that there is abroad in the world a perennial battle between good and evil, light and darkness.