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Ceres

Ceres Meaning & Definition
Ceres Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Ceres?

[n] the largest asteroid and the first discovered
[n] (Roman mythology) goddess of agriculture; counterpart of Greek Demeter

Synonyms | Synonyms for Ceres:

Related Terms | Find terms related to Ceres: Agdistis | Amor | Aphrodite | Apollo | Apollon | Ares | Artemis | Ashtoreth | Astarte | Ate | Athena | Baal | Bacchus | Cora | corn god | Cronus | Cupid | Cybele | Demeter | Despoina | Diana | Dionysos | Dionysus | Dis | Eros | fertility god | Flora | forest god | Frey | Gaea | Gaia | Ge | Great Mother | Hades | Helios | Hephaestus | Hera | Here | Hermes | Hestia | Hymen | Hyperion | Isis | Jove | Juno | Jupiter | Jupiter Fidius | Jupiter Fulgur | Jupiter Optimus Maximus | Jupiter Pluvius | Jupiter Tonans | Kore | Kronos | Magna Mater | Mars | Mercury | Minerva | Mithras | Momus | Neptune | Nike | Olympians | Olympic gods | Ops | Orcus | Pan | Persephassa | Persephone | Phoebus | Phoebus Apollo | Pluto | Pomona | Poseidon | Priapus | Proserpina | Proserpine | Rhea | Saturn | Tellus | Triptolemos | Triptolemus | vegetation spirit | Venus | Vesta | Vulcan | Zeus

See Also | asteroid | minor planet | planetoid | Roman deity

Ceres In Webster's Dictionary

\Ce"res\, n. [L., Ceres, also corn, grain, akin to E. create.] 1. (Class. Myth.) The daughter of Saturn and Ops or Rhea, the goddess of corn and tillage. 2. (Actron.) The first discovered asteroid.

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