orphreys

Meaning of orphreys

plural noun

an ornamental stripe or border, especially one on an ecclesiastical vestment such as a chasuble.

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’).

Information about orphreys

  • It is a name.
  • The singular form of orphreys is: orphrey.
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Hyphenation of orphreys

or-phreys

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
  • orphreys is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

Words that rhyme with orphreys

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