Chthonian

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  • adj. Pertaining to the underworld; being beneath the earth.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Designating, or pertaining to, gods or spirits of the underworld; esp., relating to the underworld gods of the Greeks, whose worship is widely considered as more primitive in form than that of the Olympian gods. The characteristics of chthonian worship are propitiatory and magical rites and generalized or euphemistic names of the deities, which are supposed to have been primarily ghosts.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Of or relating to the under world; subterranean.
  • Springing from the earth.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. dwelling beneath the surface of the earth
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    infernal   
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    chthonic    lower    nether   
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