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ORPHREY

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Originally appearing in Volume V20, Page 329 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ORPHREY  ,

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gold or other richly ornamented
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embroidery, particularly an embroidered border on an ecclesiastical vestment (see
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VESTMENTS) . The word is from O . Fr. orfreis, mod. orfroi, from med .
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Lat. aurifrisium, aurifrigium, &c., for auriphrygium, 'For Orphism in relation to the EIeusinian and other mysteries see
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MYSTERY . aurum, gold, and phrygium, Phrygian; a name given to gold-embroidered tissues, also known as Desks Phrygiae, the Phrygians being famous for their skill in embroidering in gold .

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