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phrygian


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Phrygian  \Phryg"i*an\,  n. 
  1.  A  native  or  inhabitant  of  Phrygia. 
 
  2.  (Eccl.  Hist.)  A  Montanist. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Phrygian  \Phryg"i*an\,  a.  [L.  Phrygius  Gr  ?,  fr  ?  Phrygia,  a 
  country  of  Asia  Minor.] 
  Of  or  pertaining  to  Phrygia,  or  to  its  inhabitants. 
 
  {Phrygian  mode}  (Mus.),  one  of  the  ancient  Greek  modes,  very 
  bold  and  vehement  in  style;  --  so  called  because  fabled  to 
  have  been  invented  by  the  Phrygian  Marsyas.  --Moore 
  (Encyc.  of  Music). 
 
  {Phrygian  stone},  a  light,  spongy  stone,  resembling  a  pumice, 
  --  used  by  the  ancients  in  dyeing,  and  said  to  be  drying 
  and  astringent. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  Phrygian 
  n  :  a  Thraco-Phrygian  language  spoken  by  the  ancient  inhabitants 
  of  Phrygia  and  now  extinct--preserved  only  in  a  few 
  inscriptions  [syn:  {Phrygian}] 




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