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Chthonian
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What's The Definition Of Chthonian?
[adj] of the underworld; "nether regions"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Chthonian: chthonic | infernal | lower | nether Related Terms | Find terms related to Chthonian: Acherontic | animal worshiper | anthropolater | arborolater | archaeolater | bibliolatrous | chthonic | demon worshiper | demoniast | demonist | demonolater | demonologer | demonologist | demonomist | dendrolater | devil worshiper | devilish | diabolist | Druid | fetishist | fetishistic | fire worshiper | Hadean | heathen | hellborn | hellish | idol worshiper | idol worshiping | idolater | idolatress | idolatric | idolatrical | idolatrizer | idolatrous | idolist | idolistic | idolizer | infernal | Lethean | nature worshiper | ophiolater | pagan | pandemoniac | pandemonic | Parsi | phallic worshiper | Plutonian | Plutonic | purgatorial | pyrolater | Sabaist | Satan worshiper | Satanist | snake worshiper | sorcerer | star worshiper | Stygian | sulfurous | sun worshiper | Tartarean | theriolater | therolater | tree worshiper | zoolater | zoolatrous | Zoroastrian See Also | Chthonian In Webster's Dictionary \Chtho"ni*an\, a. [Gr. ? in or under the earth, fr. ?,
?, earth.]
Designating, or pertaining to, gods or spirits of the
underworld; esp., relating to the underworld gods of the
Greeks, whose worship is widely considered as more primitive
in form than that of the Olympian gods. The characteristics
of chthonian worship are propitiatory and magical rites and
generalized or euphemistic names of the deities, which are
supposed to have been primarily ghosts.
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