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ADJECTIVES 2. of, belonging or attributed to, or connected with Orpheus, the mysteries associated with his name, or the writings or doctrines subsequently attributed to him NOUNS an adherent of the Orphic philosophy CLICK HERE FOR KEY TO SOURCES ETYMOLOGY from Latin Orphēus, (from Greek Ὀρϕεῖος, from Ὀρϕεύς Orpheus, the famous mythical musician and singer of Thrace, in later times accounted a philosopher and adept in secret knowledge, whence the Orphic mysteries and Orphic doctrines) + -an EXAMPLE From: The Atlantic Monthly. A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics. Volume III, 1859 White's Shakspeare
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