Cor"y*bant (k?r"?-b?nt), n.; pl. E. Corybants (-bnts), oftener L. Corybantes (-bn"tz). [L. Corybas, Gr. .]

One of the priests of Cybele in Phrygia. The rites of the Corybants were accompanied by wild music, dancing, etc.

 

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