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Meaning of ORPHIC

Pronunciation:  'orfik

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [adj]  having an import not apparent to the senses nor obvious to the intelligence; beyond ordinary understanding; "mysterious symbols"; "the mystical style of Blake"; "occult lore"; "the secret learning of the ancients"
  2. [adj]  ascribed to Orpheus or characteristic of ideas in works ascribed to Orpheus
 
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 Synonyms: esoteric, mysterious, mystic, mystical, occult, secret
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Or"phic\, a. [L. Orphicus, Gr. ?.]
Pertaining to Orpheus; Orphean; as, Orphic hymns.
 

 

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