Definition of Omophagy

1. Noun. The eating of raw meat. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Omophagy

1. the eating of raw flesh [n -GIES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Omophagy

omnivory
omnivourous
omo-
omoclavicular
omoclavicular triangle
omoconazole
omohyoid
omohyoid muscle
omohyoids
omomyid
omomyids
omophagia
omophagias
omophagic
omophagies
omophagy (current term)
omophoria
omophorion
omophorions
omoplate
omoplates
omoplatoscopy
omostegite
omosterna
omosternal
omosternum
omothyroid
omotracheal triangle
omov
omovs

Literary usage of Omophagy

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Phases of Early Christianity, Six Lectures by Joseph Estlin Carpenter (1916)
"The devotees who took part in this omophagy" received the deity into themselves. The believer became entheos, he was so closely identified with the object ..."

2. After Life in Roman Paganism: Lectures Delivered at Yale University on the by Franz Valery Marie Cumont (1922)
"This idea goes back to the most primitive savagery, as is seen in the rite of "omophagy" in which certain votaries of Bacchus fiercely tore the raw flesh of ..."

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