Cor·y·bant (kôr  -b nt , k r-)n. pl. Cor·y·bants or Cor·y·ban·tes (-b nt z) Greek Mythology A priest of the Phrygian goddess Cybele whose rites were celebrated with music and ecstatic dances. Cor y·bantic adj. |
Corybant [ˈkɒrɪˌbænt]
n pl Corybants, Corybantes [ˌkɒrɪˈbæntiːz]
(Myth & Legend / Classical Myth & Legend) Classical myth a wild attendant of the goddess Cybele
[from Latin Corybās, from Greek Korubas, probably of Phrygian origin]
Corybantian , Corybantic, Corybantine adj
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