Orphean
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Of or pertaining to Orpheus, the mythical poet and musician.
"It is, indeed, part of the ritual of the candidate for adeptship into the British mysteries, resembling that for the neophyte into the Osirian, Cabiric or Orphean mysteries."
Example
More examples"It is, indeed, part of the ritual of the candidate for adeptship into the British mysteries, resembling that for the neophyte into the Osirian, Cabiric or Orphean mysteries."
Etymology
From Orpheus + -an.