Cabiri

plural noun

Ca·​bi·​ri

variants or Cabeiri

kəˈbīrē,

-bīˌrī

: a group of ancient Greek deities of Phrygian probably chthonic origin whose mysteries of Samothrace were second in repute only to the Eleusinian mysteries

Word History

Etymology

Latin Cabiri, Cabeiri, from Greek Kabiroi, Kabeiroi

First Known Use

1703, in the meaning defined above

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