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Orphic

Orphic Meaning & Definition
Orphic Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Orphic?

[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"
[adj] ascribed to Orpheus or characteristic of ideas in works ascribed to Orpheus

Synonyms | Synonyms for Orphic: esoteric | mysterious | mystic | mystical | occult | secret

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Orphic In Webster's Dictionary

\Or"phic\, a. [L. Orphicus, Gr. ?.] Pertaining to Orpheus; Orphean; as, Orphic hymns.

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