A celestial body orbiting between Mars and Jupiter; previously defined as an asteroid; now officially known as a dwarf planet; officially called 1 Ceres
Largest known asteroid in the solar system and the first discovered, in 1801. Named after the Roman goddess Ceres, it revolves around the Sun in 4.6 Earth years and is about 575 mi (925 km) across. In Roman religion, the goddess of the growth of food plants, sometimes worshiped in association with the earth goddess Tellus. Her cult was overlaid by that of Demeter, who was worshiped in Greece and Sicily. According to tradition, her cult was introduced into Rome in 496 BC to check a famine. Her temple on Aventine Hill was known as a centre of plebeian religious and political activities and for its artwork
A celestial body orbitting between Mars and Jupiter; previously defined as an asteroid; now officially known as a dwarf planet; officially called 1 Ceres
{i} goddess of agriculture (Roman mythology); first asteroid discovered (the largest and one of the brightest); town in central California (USA)
the largest asteroid and the first discovered (Roman mythology) goddess of agriculture; counterpart of Greek Demeter
(2 syl ) Corn Ceres was the Roman name of Mother-Earth, the protectress of agriculture and of all the fruits of the earth Dark frowning heaths grow bright with Ceres' store Thomson: Castle of Indolence, ii 27 Cerinthians Disciples of Cerinthus, a heresiarch of the first century They denied the divinity of Christ, but held that a certain virtue descended into Him at baptism, which filled Him with the Holy Ghost
To wrap in or as if in cerecloth. A fleshy or waxlike membrane at the base of the upper beak in certain birds, such as parrots, through which the nostrils open.cered adj
[ 'sir ] (transitive verb.) 15th century. Latin Cerēs, goddess of the bounty, akin to crēare 'to create', crēscere 'to grow', from Proto-Indo-European *k̑er- 'to grow'. More at create.