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Originally appearing in Volume V07, Page 466 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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CRIOBOLIUM , the See also:

SACRIFICE (from Lat. sacrificium; sacer, holy, and facere, to make)

sacrifice of a See also:

ram in the cult of See also:

ATTIS

Attis and the See also:

GREAT

Great See also:

MOTHER

Mother. It seems to have been a See also:

SPECIAL

special ceremony instituted after the rise, and on the See also:

ANALOGY (Gr. avaXo-yLa, proportion)

analogy of the See also:

TAUROBOLIUM

taurobolium (q.v.), which was performed in See also:

HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour of the Great Mother, for the purpose of giving See also:

fuller recognition to Attis in the duality which he formed with the Mother. There is no See also:

EVIDENCE (Lat. evidentia, evideri, to appear clearly)

evidence of its existence either in See also:

ASIA

Asia or in See also:

Italy before the taurobolium came into prominence (after A.D. 134). When the criobolium was performed in See also:

CONJUNCTION (from Lat. conjungere, to join together)

conjunction with the taurobolium, the See also:

ALTAR (Lat. altare, from alias, high; some ancient etymological guesses are recorded by St Isidore of Seville in Etymologiae xv. 4)

altar was almost invariably inscribed to both the Mother and Attis, while the inscription was to the Mother alone when the taurobolium only was performed. The celebration of the criobolium was widespread, and its importance such that it was sometimes performed in See also:

PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place of the taurobolium (Corp. Inscr. See also:

LAT

Lat. vi. 505, 5o6). The details and effect of the ceremony were no doubt similar to those of the taurobolium. (G.

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