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Orphic
[ awr-fik ]
Orphic
/ ˈɔːfɪk /
adjective
- of or relating to Orpheus or Orphism
- sometimes not capital mystical or occult
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Derived Forms
- ˈOrphically, adverb
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Other Words From
- Orphi·cal·ly adverb
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Word History and Origins
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Example Sentences
It will now be profitable if we examine the story of Sanchoniathon and the statements of the Orphic Hymns.
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We may suppose that the Orphic poems were collected, edited and probably interpolated, in this dark hour of Greece.
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On the whole, however, our Orphic authorities can never be quoted with much satisfaction.
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The authors of the Orphic cosmogony appear to have begun with some remarks on Time ((Greek text omitted)).
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And the whole account is symbolical, we think, consciously symbolical; it has an Orphic tinge, hinting of mystic rites.
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