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