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Corybant definition

Cory·bant (kôrə bant′)

noun pl. Corybants -·bants′ or Corybantes Cor′y·ban′·tes′ (-bantēz′)

    1. any of the attendants who follow the Phrygian goddess Cybele with dancing and frenzied orgies
    2. a priest in the worship of Cybele
  1. a reveler

Related Forms:

  • Corybantic Cor′y·ban′·tic (-bantik) adjective or Corybantian Cor′y·ban′·tian (-bans̸hən)

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