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Definition of: orphrey
(ôr′frē) noun
1. Gold embroidery, or any costly embroidery.
2. A band of gold embroidery or other rich material put on certain ecclesiastical vestments. Also spelled orfray. [<OF orfreis <Med. L aurifrisium <L auriphrygium <aurum gold + Phrygius Phrygian]
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