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As a noun orphrey is

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

wikidiffcom

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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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