Eleutherian

English Etymology 1 From en Eleuthera ian. Adjective ? en Eleutheran: of or relating to the island of Eleuthera in the Bahamas, especially to the original settlers of the island. en 1807 Letter to Dupont De Nemours Thomas Jefferson 112 Your Eleutherian son is very valuable to us & will daily become more so. en 1934 Bahamas: Isles of June Hugh MacLachlan Bell 111 A naturalist would never weary in the Eleutherian scene. en 1975 The Bahamas George Hunte 185 Eleutherian settlers give Harvard ten tons of braziletto wood. en 1997 Hidden Bahamas Richard Harris; Lynn Seldon 36 Spanish warships burned the original Eleutherian villages to the ground in 1684, but by that time scattered settlements had appeared all along Eleuthera's coastline and neighboring cays. en 2018 The Eleutherian Voyagers and Beyond Gabrielle F. Culmer 1532054432 I've been familiar with the story of the Eleutherian Adventurers for several decades, since high school in Nassau, where our history teacher told us that we could be descended from these people—and some of us were. Noun en Eleutheran: one of the original settlers of Eleuthera, who settled prior to the American Revolution. en 1988 Bahamas Sara Whittier 195 The New Englanders generously sent supplies, and the Eleutherians thanked them by returning the ship loaded with hardwood. en 2009 The Early Settlers of the Bahamas and Colonists of North America A. Talbot Bethell 0806350504 He was one of the six Eleutherians whom Governor George Phenny had selected from among the inhabitants of the Colony as "fit persons to be recommended to His Majesty to be elected by the Public to make an Assembly, or execute other public offices under the Government." en 2011 Islanders in the Stream: A History of the Bahamian People Michael Craton; Gail Saunders 0820342734 Freedom of a sort the Eleutherians certainly had. Etymology 2 From en Eleutheria -n. Adjective ? Of or relating to the Eleutheria, an ancient Greek festival held at Plataea in honor of Zeus Eleutherius. en 1836 The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine Charles Fenno Hoffman; Lewis Gaylord Clark; Kinahan Cornwallis 41 Liberty, in these latter days, means something more than was celebrated in the Eleutherian festivals, or exemplified in the political institutions of the States of Greece, and the Commonwealth of Rome. en 2011 Greece and the Augustan Cultural Revolution A. J. S. Spawforth 131 1139505025 The Eleutherian festival was a long-established panhellenic festival, held every four years. It honoured Zeus Eleutherius, protector of the freedom (eleutheria) from barbarian dominion which the victory on this spot had secured for the Greeks of former times. Derived terms en Eleutherian Games Translations of or relating to the Eleutheria French: fr éleuthérien Etymology 3 From en Eleutherius<alt:Eleutheri(us)> -an. Proper noun en Eleutherius, epithet of Zeus/Jupiter. en 1789 The Analytical Review He enters the ruins of a temple, sacred to Eleutherian Jove, where himself and his train are suddenly alarmed by the voice of one, who complains of the severe fate of Eretria. Of or relating to Eleutherius, the official who built the Harbour of Eleutherius eponymous harbour in Constantinople during the reign Constantine the Great; the neighbourhood of this harbour was later called "Eleutherian", as was the palace built by Empress Irene in this neighbourhood.fr 1969 Rodolphe Guilland Études de topographie de Constantinople byzantine https://books.google.fr/books?id=a5MiAQAAIAAJ 94 C'est dans ce quartier que l'impératrice Irène construisit son palais qui prit, à cause de sa situation, le nom de Palais d'Eleuthère, παλάτιον τοῦ Ἐλευθερίου, οἶκος τοῦ Ἐλευθερίου. en 1840 A Handbook for Travellers in the Ionian Islands She was occupied in negotiating with the ambassador of Charlemagne the conditions of the great alliance between them, whereby the crowns of the East and West were to have been united on one head, when the patrician and chancellor of the empire, Nicephorus, summoned to the emperor, burst into the palace, and at first with friendly words offered to discover all the treasures of the crown, for which he promised to make over to the Eleutherian palace as a widow's residence. Translations epithet of Zeus/Jupiter Eleutherius French: fr éleuthère, fr éleuthérien of or relating to Eleutherius French: fr éleuthérien Etymology 4 From en Eleuthereus<alt:Eleuther(eus)> -ian. Adjective ? Of or relating to Dionysus Eleuthereus, of whose sanctuary the south slope of the Acropolis was originally a part; the said sanctuary included a temple containing his xoanon. en 1890 The Nation 51 https://books.google.fr/books?id=0EVDAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA56 56 There are no signs of rebuilding, and yet Pausanias saw two temples, one containing the old Eleutherian image. en 2014 Primitive Athens as Described by Thucydides Jane Ellen Harrison 83 1107644240 He sees within the precinct there two temples, the foundations of which remain to-day; one of them was named Eleutherian, the other we think may surely have belonged to Dionysos-in-the-Marshes Etymology 5 From en Eleutherae<alt:Eleuther(ae)> -ian. Adjective ? en Eleutherae, an ancient city and fortress between Attica and Boeotia. en 1894 History of Art in Primitive Greece Georges Perrot; Charles Chipiez 116 If the work cannot compare with the Hellenic masonry of the Messenian or Eleutherian walls, neither does it betray the rude power and massiveness of the Argolic acropoles. Translations of, from or relating to Eleutherae French: fr éleuthérien Noun en Eleutherae, an ancient city and fortress between Attica and Boeotia. en 1682 Journey Into Greece. 6 Books with Variety of Sculptures George Wheler 474 This Valley belonged in very ancient times to the Eleutherians; who being subjećt to those of Thebes, out of an inveterated hatred and emulation revolted from them and join'd themselves to the Athenians, as was pretended out of a great fancy and good affection they took to their way of Government. en 1991 Athens and Aigina in the Age of Imperial Colonization Thomas J. Figueira 155 Thus, these considerations associate the citizenship of the Eleutherians with their joining the Athenians in the late sixth century, which is exactly what Pausanias tells us. en 1993 The Geographical Dimensions of the Polis Martha Caroline Taylor Pausanias does not specifically say that the Eleutherians received Athenian citizenship, only that they desired it; but there is nothing inherently implausible in the suggestion that the Eleutherians were made Athenian citizens Translations native or inhabitant of Eleutherae French: fr Éleuthérien m, fr Éleuthérienne f Etymology 6 From en grc:ἐλευθερία<t:freedom> -n. Noun A member of a splinter group of puritans led by Cotton Mather. en 1726 Ratio Disciplina Fratrum Nov-Anglorum Cotton Mather True ELEUTHERIANS will consider, how far any further Agreement may be Necessary: And whether those unreasonable Sons of Procrustes, the Narrow-soul'd and Imperious Bigots for Uniforming, will do Religion any real Service, by the pressing of it. en 1846 Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society 257 Sept. 15. Land in Casco Bay granted to the Eleutherians. en 2015 The First American Evangelical: A Short Life of Cotton Mather Rick Kennedy 82 0802872115 Beginning in the late 1690s, Cotton became the leader — he privately wrote that he was the sole leader — of an alternative party of “Eleutherians.” This meant freemen, or libertarians, who embrace the fullness of the gospel life. Related terms en eleutherism References