[ad. Gr. ἀνθρωποφαγία, n. of quality f. ἀνθρωποφάγ-ος: see above.] The eating of men, cannibalism.
1638. Featly, Transubst., 83. Which makes Anthropophagie or man eating so horrible a crime.
1753. Chambers, Cycl. Supp., s.v., The Greek writers represent Anthropophagy as universal before Orpheus.
1882. Athenæum, 7 Oct., 457/2. Although human sacrifices take place on these occasions, and the incoming chief is required to eat of a horrid mess containing human flesh, anthropophagy, as usually understood, is not practised.
