Complete Definition of "epopt"

English

Etymology
From Greek ε�ο��εία: variously defined as supervision, beholding, revelation, unveiling; the name of a sacred rite of the w:Eleusinian Mysteries|Eleusinian Mysteries.

Noun
;epopt

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

Derived terms
epoptic

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