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Orphic definition

Or·phic (ôr′fik)

adjective

  1. of or characteristic of Orpheus or the mystic doctrines and rites in worship of Dionysus ascribed to him
    1. like the music attributed to Orpheus; entrancing
    2. mystic; occult; oracular

Etymology: L Orphicus < Gr Orphikos

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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