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Definition of Orphreys
1. orphrey [n] - See also: orphrey
Lexicographical Neighbors of Orphreys
Literary usage of Orphreys
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"The Vestment is of the early i6th century, the orphreys of the late i-tth century.
(English. In the Victoria and Albert Museum. ..."
2. Norfolk Archaeology, Or, Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to the Antiquities of (1901)
"Two of red cloth of tissue, with apostles and prophets in orphreys. Two of white
damask, with orphreys of apostles and virgins; one with M and A crowned, ..."
3. The Ecclesiologist by Ecclesiological Society (1860)
"Green with black orphreys, which would rather show that black is not a certain
... Green with blue orphreys. 6. Purple (not blue.) Purple cloth of silver. , ..."
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