krioboly Gr. Antiq.
(kraɪˈɒbəlɪ)
[f. late Gr. κριοβόλιον, in 4th c. L. criobolium, f. κρῑοβόλ-ος ram-slaying.]
A sacrifice in which many rams were slaughtered; a bath in the blood of rams.
| [1850 J. Leitch tr. C. O. Müller's Anc. Art (ed. 2) §422 A kriobolion of the Phrygian worship.] 1879 Farrar St. Paul (1884) I. xviii. 187 note. 1882 ― Early Chr. 3 note, The taurobolies and kriobolies (baths in the blood of bulls and rams) mark the extreme sensuality of superstition. |