Anastenaride

English

Noun

Anastenaride (plural Anastenarides)

1. A man who takes part in the Anastenaria.
   • 2011, Michael Sky, Dancing with the Fire, →ISBN, page 33:

     The fact that dancers sometimes get burned (one Anastenaride speaks of being so badly burned -- a sign to him of imperfect faith -- that he vowed, and deeply regretted, that he would nver dance on the fire again) would tell you never to take the process lightly, that you can always learn more, and that limitations exist, even to the powers of Saints.

   • 2014, Evy Johanne Håland, Rituals of Death and Dying in Modern and Ancient Greece, →ISBN:

     Therefore, an old Anastenarissa may greet a young Anastenaride, not necessarily because he is a new member, but because he has inherited the position from his deceased grandmother who was an Anastenarissa.

   • 2016, Peter Loizos, Evthmios Papataxiarchis, Contested Identities: Gender and Kinship in Modern Greece, →ISBN, page 99:

     The Anastenarides gather at the konaki early on the eve of May 21.