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Definition of Orfray
1. n. The osprey.
Definition of Orfray
1. Noun. (obsolete) The osprey. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Orfray
1. orphrey [n -FRAYS] - See also: orphrey
Medical Definition of Orfray
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Orfray
Literary usage of Orfray
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Fabric Rolls of York Minster by York Minster, James Raine (1862)
"... with Saint William armes; one vestment of barret silke with barrs of whitt
and grene ; on vestment of yallow sylke, the orfray of red Alexander, ..."
2. The Symbolism of Churches and Church Ornaments: A Translation of the First by Guillaume Durand (1906)
"Ts The altar, ye know, sometimes signifieth the heart : in which the sacrifice
of true faith must be offered by contrition : and then the orfray signifieth ..."
3. The Symbolism of Churches and Church Ornaments: A Translation of the First by Guillaume Durand, John Mason Neale, Benjamin Webb (1843)
"Sometimes the Altar signifieth CHRIST : and then by the orfray the ... be adorned
with the orfray of charity, that we may be ready to lay down our lives for ..."
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