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Ecclesiastical vs Orphrey - What's the difference?

ecclesiastical | orphrey |

As an adjective ecclesiastical

is of or pertaining to the church.

As a noun orphrey is

(obsolete) any elaborate embroidery, especially made of gold thread.

ecclesiastical

English

Alternative forms

* ecclesiasticall (obsolete)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • Of or pertaining to the church
    • ecclesiastical architecture

    Related terms

    * antiecclesiastical * nonecclesiastical

    Synonyms

    * (l) * ecclesiastic (less common)

    See also

    *

    orphrey

    English

    Alternative forms

    * orfrey, orphray

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) Any elaborate embroidery, especially made of gold thread.
  • (Christianity) An embroidered ornamental band or border on an ecclesiastical vestment, altar frontal, etc.
  • * 1890 , (Oscar Wilde), The Picture of Dorian Gray , ch. XI:
    • The orphreys were divided into panels representing scenes from the life of the Virgin, and the coronation of the Virgin was figured in coloured silks upon the hood.

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