Crossword-Solution: ORPHREY
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Orphrey | n. | A band of rich embroidery, wholly or in part of gold, affixed to vestments, especially those of ecclesiastics. |
We have 6 clues for the answer “ORPHREY”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Gold embroidery on a priest's vestment. | 1 answer |
| orfray | 2 answers |
| gold embroidery | 4 answers |
| CHURCH altar part | 10 answers |
| Vestment | 32 answers |
| Embroidery | 50 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the
presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the
discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin
covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.
Hint 2 anagram
EZMACE
Hint 3 another clue
eruption
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Sentences with ORPHREY (5)
How they clothe their figures in every conceivable splendor of orphrey and ermine, in jewels and shining armor and rich stuff of silk and samite, in robe of scarlet or in yellow dalmatic! Every house for them is a palace, every bit of landscape an enchanted garden, every action an ecstasy, every man a hero and every woman a paragon of voluptuous beauty.
PLATE V.--_A portion of a late XVth century Orphrey, embroidered with the arms of Henry Stafford, Duke of Buckingham._--The ground is of red velvet, and is embroidered with gold thread and coloured silks.
The chasuble upon which this orphrey is placed is made of a lovely brocaded silk decorated with falcons, peahens, and roses.
See Holy Orders 137 Ordinal, The 201 Ordinary 202 Organizations, Church 202 Organizing a Parish 203 Organs 203 Orientation 203 Ornaments 203 Orphrey 204 Orthodox 204 {292} Pall 204 Palm Sunday 204 Paraclete 205 Paradise 205 Parish 205 partakes of the character of its people 206 House 206 Register 206 Parishioner 206 Parochial Mission.
The lower border and the orphrey with coats of arms do not belong to the original cope and are of somewhat later date.
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Appears in: NYT.
Used 1 time in crossword archives (1960).