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Orphic

Noun CEFR B1
ˈɔːfɪk

Definitions

A follower of Orphism.

Greek

Equivalents

Españolórfico
Françaisorphique
Portuguêsórfico
6 more languages
Catalàòrfic
Italianoorfico
Nederlandsorfisch
Românăorfic

Examples

“In particular, Plato often refers to the “Orphics” and mentions theOrphic life” (Orphikoi tines legomenoi bioi, Laws 782c). Plato clearly distinguished the Orphics and the Pythagoreans. To speak very generally, the Orphics believed that the soul had a divine beginning but fell from the gods due to an original crime.”

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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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