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Webster 1913 Edition
Phrygian
Phryg′i-an
,p
rop.
Adj.
[L.
Phrygius
, Gr. Φρύγιος
, fr. Φρυγία
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.
Phryg′i-an
,p
rop.
Noun.
1.
A native or inhabitant of Phrygia.
2.
(Eccl. Hist.)
A Montanist.
Webster 1828 Edition
Phrygian
PHRYG'IAN
,Adj.
Phrygian stone, a stone described by the ancients,used in dyeing; a light spungy stone resembling a pumice, said to be drying and stringent.