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Hades
[ hey-deez ]
noun
- Classical Mythology.
- the underworld inhabited by departed souls.
- the god ruling the underworld; Pluto.
- (in the Revised Version of the New Testament) the abode or state of the dead.
- (often lowercase) hell.
Hades
/ heɪˈdiːən; ˈheɪdiːz; ˈheɪdɪən /
noun
- Greek myth
- the underworld abode of the souls of the dead
- Pluto, the god of the underworld, brother of Zeus and husband of Persephone
- New Testament the abode or state of the dead
- informal.often not capital hell
Hades
- The Greek and Roman god of the underworld and the ruler of the dead. Also called Dis. The underworld itself was also known to the Greeks as Hades.
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Notes
The Greek and Roman underworld later became associated with the hell of Christianity , as in the expression “hot as Hades.”
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Derived Forms
- Hadean, adjective
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Other Words From
- Ha·de·an [hey-, dee, -, uh, n, hey, -dee-, uh, n], adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Hades1
First recorded in 1590–1600
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