Corybantic

Variant of Corybant

Corybant definition

Cory·bant (kôr′ə bant′)

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

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

Related Forms:

  • Corybantic Cor′y·ban′·tic (-ban′tik) adjective or Corybantian Cor′y·ban′·tian (-ban′s̸hən)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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