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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   An initiate in the Eleusinian Mysteries; one who has attended the epopteia.
2. 2
   One instructed in the mysteries of a secret system.

Synonyms

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druid

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἐπόπτης (epóptēs, “initiate into mysteries”).

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