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Meanings of bona dea in English

Russian
добрая богиня
Portuguese
bona dea
Spanish
maia maiestas
Catalan
bona dea
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Roman deity of chastity, fertility, and healing; brought from Magna Græcia during the early/middle Republic; her rites let women use strong wine and do blood-sacrifice (things otherwise forbidden to women); men were barred from her mysteries.

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        Usage of bona dea in English
        1
        The Romans kept serpents in the Temples of Bona Dea and Æsculapius.
        Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Fr...
        2
        She is sometimes said to be another name for Bona Dea.
        A Wiccan Bible
        3
        Bona Dea, the name of the Mysteries of Rome, 625-u.
        Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Fr...
        4
        But we must not profane the mysteries of Bona Dea.
        Lothair
        5
        Here is the Bona Dea, the divinity of the mountains, the great mother of Syria!
        The Temptation of St. Antony; Or, A Revelation of the Soul
        6
        Bona Dea, a Roman divinity of fertility.
        Legends of Charlemagne
        7
        "Please, take these as an offering to the Bona Dea," he pleaded.
        Cleopatra's Moon
        8
        The ken-no has a more ancient source, and perhaps the custom may be derived from the secret rites of the Bona Dea.
        Guy Mannering, Or, the Astrologer — Volume 01
        9
        'Beloved Bona Dea,' replied Jove, 'calm yourself!'
        The Infernal Marriage
        10
        He does outrage to a bona Dea: she to the monasticism of the Court of Law: and he and she awaken unhallowed emotions.
        One of Our Conquerors — Volume 2
        11
        In Rome these mysteries took another name and were called "the rites of Bona Dea," which was but another name for Ceres.
        The God-Idea of the Ancients; Or, Sex in Religion
        12
        The ceremonies connected with the phallus, and those observed in the worship of the Bona Dea, were of a nature that no virtue could withstand.
        Imperial Purple