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chthonic

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8 lettersPronunciation /ˈkθɒnɪk/Part of speech adjectiveSorted cchhinotStarts with CEnds with C0 clues
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Definitions

  1. dwelling beneath the surface of the earth

Word origin

From Ancient Greek χθών (khthṓn, “ground, soil”) + -ic.

Used in a sentence

  • The young pantheon had remanded their elders to the role of smouldering, chthonic gods; to inhabiting dark, deep places, hidden from mortal eyes and influence.
  • There is no god more chthonic than the god of death, Leinth, and it is he that holds on his left knee Maris Halna, who (in mere innocence) shows no fear of him.
  • The snake symbolizes the chthonic force, the being which crawls along the ground; the bird symbolizes the higher realms of the consciousness, the being which is liberated from earth and can fly off to Heaven.

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