Eleutherian adjective 3noun 2forms 1 adjective3 •Of, from or relating to Eleutherae, an ancient city and fortress between Attica and Boeotia.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. — 1894 •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.There are no signs of rebuilding, and yet Pausanias saw two temples, one containing the old Eleutherian image. — 1890 •Of or relating to the Eleutheria, an ancient Greek festival held at Plataea in honor of Zeus Eleutherius. noun2 •A native or inhabitant of Eleutherae, an ancient city and fortress between Attica and Boeotia.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. — 1991 •A member of a splinter group of puritans led by Cotton Mather.Sept. 15. Land in Casco Bay granted to the Eleutherians. — 1846 formsEleutherians
