Corybantn.
/ˈkɒrɪbant/ A priest of the Phrygian worship of Cybele, which was performed with noisy and extravagant dances.
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society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > priest > kinds of priest > [noun] > ancient Greek
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hierophanta1676
society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > priest > kinds of priest > [noun] > Phrygian
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c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. iv. v. 133 Þer is a maner poeple þat hyȝte coribandes þat wenen..whan þe moone is in þe eclips þat it be enchauntid . and þerfore..þei betyn hire basines wiþ þikke strokes.
1570 Kirchmeier in Harper's Mag. Dec. (1884) 17/1 Thus woont the Coribants..The crying noise of Jupiter new borne with song to hide.
a1649 W. Drummond Poems (1656) 171 Those mad Corybants who dance and glow On Dindimus high tops with frantick fire.
1850 J. Leitch tr. K. O. Müller Ancient Art (new ed.) §395. 521 Cybele enthroned, a Corybant dancing.
1883 J. A. Froude Short Stud. 4th Ser. 277 Christians now howl it out like the Corybantes.
Derivatives
Corybantian adj. /kɒrɪˈbæntɪən/ [Latin Corybantius + -an suffix] of or pertaining to the Corybantes or their worship.
/kɒrɪˈbæntɪən/ [Latin Corybantius + -an suffix] of or pertaining to the Corybantes or their worship.ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [adjective] > hallucination
Corybantic1642
Corybantine1708
hallucinatinga1763
hallucinatory1830
Corybantian1864
hallucinative1873
hallucinated1886
bisensory1894
hallucinant1895
1864 H. Spencer Illustr. Progress 25 Dances partly religious, partly warlike, as the Corybantian.
Coryˈbantiasm n. [Greek κορυβαντιασμός Corybantic frenzy] Pathology see quot.
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the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [noun] > hallucination or hallucinosis
fantasticalness1547
hallucination1646
blue devils1798
Corybantiasm1847
Corybantism1882
hallucinosis1905
phoneme1905
parablepsy1934
1847 J. Craig New Universal Dict. Corybantiasm, in Pathology, a sort of frenzy, in which the patient has fantastic visions.
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1724 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. (ed. 2) To Corybantiate,..to sleep with ones Eyes open, or be troubled with Visions that one cannot sleep.
1775 J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. Corybantiate..to act the part of the Corybants who were wont to make many odd noises and gestures, to act the part of a lunatic.
Coryˈbantic adj. [Greek κορυβαντικός] of, pertaining to, or resembling the Corybantes or their rites.
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the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [adjective] > hallucination
Corybantic1642
Corybantine1708
hallucinatinga1763
hallucinatory1830
Corybantian1864
hallucinative1873
hallucinated1886
bisensory1894
hallucinant1895
1642 R. Cudworth Serm. 1 Cor. xv. 57 (1676) 92 True Divine Zeal is no Corybantick Fury, but a calm and regular heat.
1864 Cornhill Mag. Feb. 165 He was corybantic in his execution of a Scotch ‘reel’.
1890 Huxley in Times 1 Dec. 13/2 That form of somewhat corybantic Christianity of which the soldiers of the Salvation Army are the militant missionaries.
Coryˈbantine adj.
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the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [adjective] > hallucination
Corybantic1642
Corybantine1708
hallucinatinga1763
hallucinatory1830
Corybantian1864
hallucinative1873
hallucinated1886
bisensory1894
hallucinant1895
1708 P. A. Motteux Wks. F. Rabelais (1737) v. i. 2 The Corybantin Cymbals of Cybele.
Coryˈbantism n.
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the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [noun] > hallucination or hallucinosis
fantasticalness1547
hallucination1646
blue devils1798
Corybantiasm1847
Corybantism1882
hallucinosis1905
phoneme1905
parablepsy1934
1882 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon Corybantism.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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