Definition of Orphical

1. orphic [adj] - See also: orphic

Lexicographical Neighbors of Orphical

orphanotrophy
orphanry
orphans
orphans' asylum
orphanship
orphanships
orpharion
orpharions
orpheite
orpheline
orphenadrine
orphenadrine citrate
orphenadrine hydrochloride
orpheus
orphic
orphical (current term)
orphically
orphism
orphisms
orphrey
orphreyed
orphreys
orpiment
orpiments
orpin
orpine
orpines
orpins
orra
orrach

Literary usage of Orphical

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The True Intellectual System of the Universe: Wherein All the Reason and by Ralph Cudworth, Thomas Birch (1820)
"For we must freely profess, for our own part, that we cannot believe all that to be genuine, which is produced by ancient fathers as orphical ; that is, ..."

2. The True Intellectual System of the Universe: Wherein All the Reason and by Ralph Cudworth, Thomas Birch (1837)
"Ti;,2 the verses that are called orphical.—Besides which Cicero^ tells •us, that some imputed all the Orphic poems to ..."

3. The Classical Journal (1824)
"... the Argo- nautics, which are now extant under the name of Orpheus, with other writings called orphical, but which, according to ..."

4. The Mystical Hymns of Orpheus by Orpheus, Thomas Taylor (1896)
"... which are now extant under the name of Orpheus, with other writings called orphical, but which according to ..."

5. The works of Ralph Cudworth by Ralph Cudworth (1829)
"... yet it may very well be questioned for all that, M'hether any of those poems, commonly en titled to him, and called orphical, were so ancient, ..."

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