Bible Encyclopedias
Collyrides
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
were a species of cakes of kneaded dough, which were anciently offered to the gods as sacred gifts, from the notion, entertained by the heathens of all ages, that the gods delighted in the same things that were pleasing to men. (See COLLYRIDIANS).
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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Collyrides'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/c/collyrides.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.