Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to dancing or the art of rhythmical movement of the body; regulating or regulated by dancing: as, the orchestic arts.
- noun The art of dancing; especially, among the ancient Greeks, the art which uses the rhythmical movements of the human body as a means of scenic expression: also used in the plural with the same meaning as in the singular.
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Examples
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We do not know precisely what this famous orchestic was, for no example of it has come down to us in intelligible form.
A Popular History of the Art of Music From the Earliest Times Until the Present 1874
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By orchestic they meant an apparatus of mystical dancing or posturing and marching and certain gestures.
A Popular History of the Art of Music From the Earliest Times Until the Present 1874
qms commented on the word orchestic
The dancing impulse is eclectic,
Exotic or comfy domestic.
In oldsters and hipsters
Terpsichre’s whispers
Inspire expression orchestic.
January 5, 2018