orphrey

Definitions


[ˈɔːfri], (Noun)

Definitions:
- an ornamental stripe or border, especially one on an ecclesiastical vestment such as a chasuble


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Origin:
Middle English: from Old French orfreis, from a medieval Latin alteration of auriphrygium, from Latin aurum ‘gold’ + Phrygius ‘Phrygian’ (also used in the sense ‘embroidered’)




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