Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A band of elaborate embroidery decorating the front of certain ecclesiastical vestments.
- noun Elaborate embroidery, especially when made of gold.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A kind of embroidery in gold. See
orphrey-work . - noun An ornamental band or border on certain ecclesiastical vestments, especially chasubles and copes, usually done in orphrey-work. The apparel of the amice, if done in orphrey-work, is sometimes called the orphrey of the amice. See
amice , 2, chasuble, and cope, 2.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A band of rich embroidery, wholly or in part of gold, affixed to vestments, especially those of ecclesiastics.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a richly embroidered edging on an ecclesiastical vestment
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Length 148.5 cm (orphrey on back) Width 41.3 cm (width of ophrey on back at widest point)
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Length 148.5 cm (orphrey on back) Width 41.3 cm (width of ophrey on back at widest point)
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Woven silk velvet ground, with orphrey of linen embroidered with silver, silver-gilt and silks metal threads couched; silks in split stitch; glass
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Woven silk velvet ground, with orphrey of linen embroidered with silver, silver-gilt and silks metal threads couched; silks in split stitch; glass
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These shields are to go on the red velvet orphrey of the red cope that I have just made the last piece of my red solemn set that I made for my ordination to the diaconate.
Doing some embroidery Fr Timothy Matkin 2006
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Timotheos Prologizes: Here's the orphrey material skip to main
Here's the orphrey material Fr Timothy Matkin 2006
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These shields are to go on the red velvet orphrey of the red cope that I have just made the last piece of my red solemn set that I made for my ordination to the diaconate.
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The chasuble upon which this orphrey is placed is made of a lovely brocaded silk decorated with falcons, peahens, and roses.
Embroidery and Tapestry Weaving Grace Christie
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Sometimes most complicated patterns are laid down in string and covered with gold thread in this way, _e. g._: -- fig. 138 shows an interlacing pattern taken from the border of an orphrey upon a
Embroidery and Tapestry Weaving Grace Christie
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On the orphrey are emblazoned the arms of Warwick, Castile and Leon, Ferrars, Geneville Everard, the badge of the Knights
Chats on Old Lace and Needlework Emily Leigh Lowes
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