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Charonic

Definition:

Adjective: Pertaining to or relating to the underworld in Greek mythology.

Noun: A mythical river in the underworld serving as a boundary between the world of the living and of the dead.

Examples:

Adjective:

1. She believes that Hades, the god of the charonic realm, rules over the souls of the deceased.
2. The lost souls journeyed through the charonic darkness for eternity.

Noun:

1. In Greek mythology, Charon was the boatman who ferried the souls across the charonic river.
2. The deceased had to pay a coin to Charon for their passage across the charonic waters.

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