Category:Phrygian

Phryg"i*an, a. Etym: [l. Phrygius, gr.

Defn: 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.

Phrygian Phryg"i*an, n.

1. A native or inhabitant of phrygia.

2. (eccl. Hist.)

Defn: a montanist.