Orphrey

From LoveToKnow 1911

ORPHREY, gold or other richly ornamented embroidery, particularly an embroidered border on an ecclesiastical vestment (see Vestments). The word is from O. Fr. orfreis, mod. orfroi, from med. Lat. aurifrisium, aurifrigium, &c., for auriphrygium, 1 For Orphism in relation to the Eleusinian and other mysteries see Mystery.

aurum, gold, and phrygium, Phrygian; a name given to goldembroidered tissues, also known as vestes Phrygiae, the Phrygians being famous for their skill in embroidering in gold.

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