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Meaning of "orphrey" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ORPHREY

Orfreis, from Old French, from Late Latin aurifrisium, auriphrygium, from Latin aurum gold + Phrygius Phrygian.
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PRONUNCIATION OF ORPHREY

orphrey  [ˈɔːfrɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ORPHREY

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Orphrey is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ORPHREY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Orphrey

Orphrey, also spelt Orfrey or Orfray, is a form of highly detailed embroidery, in which typically simple materials are made into exquisite patterns. In 1182 and 1183 Henry II of England spent lavishly on orphreys. This word comes from Old French orfreis, from Late Latin auriphrygium, from Latin aurum "gold" and Phrygius "Phrygian." Orphrey bands are often worn on clerical vestments, a tradition that began in the 12th century Roman Catholic Church. The finest examples of orphrey can take hundreds of hours of work and sell for thousands of dollars.

Definition of orphrey in the English dictionary

The definition of orphrey in the dictionary is a richly embroidered band or border, esp on an ecclesiastical vestment.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ORPHREY


belfry
ˈbɛlfrɪ
clamjamfry
klæmˈjæmfrɪ
clamjamphrie
klæmˈjæmfrɪ
clanjamfray
klænˈjæmfrɪ
comfrey
ˈkʌmfrɪ
gallimaufry
ˌɡælɪˈmɔːfrɪ
Humphrey
ˈhʌmfrɪ
Jeffrey
ˈdʒɛfrɪ
orfray
ˈɔːfrɪ
palfrey
ˈpɔːlfrɪ
pamphrey
ˈpæmfrɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ORPHREY

orphan
orphanage
orphanhood
orphanism
orpharion
Orphean
orpheoreon
Orpheus
Orpheus in the Underworld
Orphic
orphically
Orphism
Orphistic
orphreyed
orpiment
orpin
orpine
Orpington
Orr
orra

WORDS THAT END LIKE ORPHREY

Aubrey
Carey
Carrey
corey
Duke Humphrey
Earl Grey
Frey
grey
iron grey
Monterey
Monterrey
murrey
ochrey
osprey
prey
silver-grey
storey
surrey
trey
two-storey

Synonyms and antonyms of orphrey in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «orphrey» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ORPHREY

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Orphrey
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Orphrey
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Trends of use of orphrey

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ORPHREY»

The term «orphrey» is used very little and occupies the 177.004 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ORPHREY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about orphrey

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ORPHREY»

Discover the use of orphrey in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to orphrey and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Monasticon Anglicanum...a History of the Abbies and Other ...
Item, a chesable of red velvet, with angels and flowers of gold, and a good orphrey, two tunicles, and three albes. Item, a red chesable with branches of gold , and the orphrey of green silk, with flowers of gold, two tunicles, and three albes. Item ...
William Dugdale, 1846
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Monasticon Anglicanum: a history of the abbies and other ...
Item, a chesable of red velvet, with angels and flowers of gold, and a good orphrey, two tunicles, and three albes. Item, a red chesable with branches of gold , and the orphrey of reen silk, with flowers of gold, two tunicles, and three al es. Item ...
William Dugdale, John Caley, 1849
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European Textiles
169. See also subentry France or Italy Italy or France(?), panels, 222, 222, Nos. 154-55 Italy, France or United States, orphrey sections made into a runner, 257, No. 245 Italy and Germany, orphrey, 85-87, 8;. 86,87,180-35 Italy or Germany(?)  ...
Christa C. Mayer-Thurman, 2001
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Liber Eliensis:
8 chasubles: one of them embroidered; another, white with orphrey; another red likewise, another of pnrpnra; likewise, another, red with orphrey in front and all around, with two flowers;578 likewise one of blood-red purpura with orphrey in ...
Janet Fairweather, 2005
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Vestments for All Seasons
Attaching the B-C orphrey and the second row of cording. parallel to the folded edge of the B orphrey; the other, 12/2" parallel to B or 3" from the first line. With right sides together, align the cut edges of the folded strip B-C to the first drawn line, ...
Barbara Dee Baumgarten, 2002
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Italian Medieval Sculpture in the Metropolitan Museum of Art ...
Aside from the orphreys, the exterior of the bishop's chasuble is water gilded on a red-orange bole.28 Other areas of the sculpture that are similarly gilded are the background of the medallion of his pectoral orphrey depicting the blessing ...
Lisbeth Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Jack Soultanian, 2010
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Glossary of Ecclesiastical Ornament and Costume. With ...
VI.) The hybrid form chrysoclavus found in ecclesiastical writers, is the same with auriclavus. Both (according to the best authorities) mean an Orphrey. This word is used for a band or border of rich work, generally of gold or silver texture, which ...
August Welby Pugin, 1844
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Glossary of Ecclesiastical Ornament and Costume
Both (according to the best authorities) mean an Orphrey. This word is used for a band or border of rich work, generally of gold or silver texture, which is sewed on to church vestments and furniture. All copes have an orphrey or border, on the ...
Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin, 1868
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Prague: The Crown of Bohemia, 1347-1437
1380-90 Chasuble: silk velvet, orphrey: silk and metallic threads on linen; 112.5 x 44.5 cm (44% x 1772 in.) Provenance: Church of Saints Peter and Paul, Brno. Mom:/skzi Galerie, Brno (27 414) OriginallyY-shaped, the orphrey represents ...
Barbara Drake Boehm, Jiří Fajt, Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.), 2005
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Church Vestments: Their Origin and Development
84. Celtic Orphrey, X and XI Century . 85. Orphrey, XII Century . 86. Narrow Orphrey .... 87. Chasuble with Tau Cross Effect 88. Chasuble with Tau Cross Effect 89. Stole-end, XIII Century 90. Stole-end, XIII Century 91. Embroidery on Amice, XIV ...
Herbert Norris, 2002

3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ORPHREY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term orphrey is used in the context of the following news items.
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Buffalo Grove student is Illinois' only semifinalist at National Spelling …
... second preliminary round of on-stage spelling, he spelled the word "auriphrygiate" correctly, defined by Webster's as "adorned with orphrey.". «Chicago Tribune, May 15»
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The Noble Dreams of Piero
On the clasp holding together the two sides of the cope the Resurrection (symbol of Borgo San Sepolcro) is depicted, and on the orphrey, the ... «The New York Review of Books, Mar 13»
3
Poulton church's £10k vestment conservation
... in colour it's a very dark red, of very fine quality and the embroidered panel down the front called the orphrey is embroidered in three sections ... «BBC News, May 11»

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