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rite
subs.
P. and V. τελετή, ἡ, or pl., τέλος, τό, or pl., Ar. and P. τὰ νομιζόμενα, τὰ ἱερά, V. ἱ̄ρά.
Mystic rites:
P. and V. μυστήρια, τά ; see mysteries.
Bacchic rites:
V. βακχεύμᾰτα, τά, τελεταὶ εὔιοι, αἱ; see bacchanalia.
Do you perform your rites by day
or night? τὰ δʼ ἱρὰ νύκτωρ ἢ μεθʼ ἡμέραν τελεῖς; (Eur. Bacch. 485).
Begin the rites:
V. κᾰτάρχεσθαι, P. κατάρχεσθαι τῶν ἱερῶν (of. Ar. Av. 959), προκατάρχεσθαι τῶν ἱερῶν, Ar. and P. ἀ̆πάρχεσθαι (Xen.).
Begin the rites by taking the meal from the baskets:
V. ἐξάρχου κανᾶ (Eur. I.A. 435).
He shall begin the rites with offering of meal and lustrations:
V. προχύτας χέρνιβάς τʼ ἐνάρξεται (Eur. I.A. 955).
President of the rites:
P. ἱεροποιός, ὁ.

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