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PHRYGIAN DEITY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Deity of the ancient Phrygians of west central Asia Minor
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Phrygian deity" is a kind of...):
deity; divinity; god; immortal (any supernatural being worshipped as controlling some part of the world or some aspect of life or who is the personification of a force)
Domain category:
antiquity (the historic period preceding the Middle Ages in Europe)
Instance hyponyms:
Cybele; Dindymene; Great Mother; Magna Mater; Mater Turrita (great nature goddess of ancient Phrygia in Asia Minor; counterpart of Greek Rhea and Roman Ops)