Synonyms for orphic

Grammar : Adj

Spell : awr-fik

Phonetic Transcription : ˈɔr fɪk

Top 10 synonyms for orphic

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Définition of orphic

Origin : 1670s, from Greek orphikos "pertaining to Orpheus," master musician of Thrace, son of Eagrus and Calliope, husband of Eurydice, whose name (of unknown origin) was associated with mystic doctrines. Related: Orphism.

As in obscure : adj out-of-the-way, little-known
As in occult : adj mysterious, secret; supernatural
As in profound : adj intellectual, thoughtful
As in recondite : adj mysterious, obscure
As in entrancing : adj pleasing
As in mystical : adj occult
As in deep : adj abstract, complicated in meaning
As in esoteric : adj mysterious, obscure

Example sentences :

"Starving will kill as dead as hanging," was Lieders's orphic response to this.
Extract from : « Stories of a Western Town » by Octave Thanet

And Orphic purity was mainly, though not entirely, the result of moral discipline.
Extract from : « The Legacy of Greece » by Various

We may also take it that he was familiar with all sorts of Orphic and Pythagorean sectaries.
Extract from : « The Legacy of Greece » by Various

The Orphic priests of old Greece most nearly resembled the shamans of the savages.
Extract from : « Psychotherapy » by Hugo Mnsterberg

To them any version of the Orphic myth is tinglingly credible.
Extract from : « The Life and Letters of Lafcadio Hearn, Volume 1 » by Elizabeth Bisland

This he considered was The Excursion, an Orphic song indeed!
Extract from : « Letters of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Vol. II (of 2) » by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

It ran in the direction of Orphic and Bacchic Thrace to the north.
Extract from : « Opuscula » by Robert Gordon Latham

These were the Orphic hymns, which were sung by the Lycomed at Athens.
Extract from : « A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume II. (of VI.) » by Jacob Bryant

Of the Orphic doctrines we are able to give a somewhat better account.
Extract from : « Ten Great Religions » by James Freeman Clarke

The pantheism of the Orphic theology is constantly apparent.
Extract from : « Ten Great Religions » by James Freeman Clarke

Antonyms for orphic

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