Corybant
Americannoun
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Classical Mythology. any of the spirits or secondary divinities attending Cybele with wild music and dancing.
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an ancient Phrygian priest of Cybele.
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Origin of Corybant
1350–1400; Middle English < Latin Corybant- (stem of Corybās ) < Greek Korybant- (stem of Korýbās )
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Corybant, kor′i-bant, n. a priest of Cybele, whose rites were accompanied with noisy music and wild dances:—Eng. pl.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various
The gold figure of a Cybele in a gold chariot raced with eight reproductions of herself in an octagonal mirror-lined foyer, and a steady stream of Corybantes bought admission tickets at twenty-five cents a Corybant.
From Just Around the Corner Romance en casserole by Hurst, Fannie
That's not sane, you know—it's the intoxication of the Corybant!
From Father Payne by Benson, Arthur Christopher
Treat me as a Corybant, a fanatic: and do you go forward on this road of yours.
From Marius the Epicurean — Volume 2 by Pater, Walter
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