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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