theriaca

[Lat.] The same as THERIAC (q. v.). the-ri-a-cal, *the-ri-a-call, a. [Lat. theriac us.] The same as THERIAC (q. v.). "Theriac all trochisks, trosches made of vipers flesh, to enter into the composition theriaca, that is, treacie."Plutarch: Glo ary. *thër-i-al, *thër-i-all, a . [THERIAC.] Theriac, medicinal. "Yet see what account there is made of a composition called theriall , devised onely for exce e and super flu i tie."-P. Holland: Pliny, bk. xxix., ch, i. thër-i-ăn-throp-ic, a . [Gr. therion =wild beast, and anthrõpikos =of or belonging to man; human.] Compar . Relig .: A term applied by Tiele [see extract] to one of his divisions of Polytheism; the other and higher stage he calls Anthropomorphic. [ZOOLATRY.] "Most images of the gods are either human bodies with heads of animals or the bodies of animals with human heads. It is therefore we call their religion therianthropic." - Encyc. Brit. (ed. 9th), xx. 368.