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Definition of Coryphaei
1. coryphaeus [n] - See also: coryphaeus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Coryphaei
Literary usage of Coryphaei
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Pilgrimage in Europe and America, Leading to the Discovery of the Sources of by Giacomo Costantino Beltrami (1828)
"... over this institution; they regard it even as a species of intermediate
sovereignty, that is, as the nursery of the coryphaei of the reigning church. ..."
2. A Pilgrimage in Europe and America: With a Description of the Whole Course by Giacomo Costantino Beltrami (1828)
"Among others, the two principal coryphaei of the Methodists belonged to this
university. I will finish this article of Oxford, by congratulating the ..."
3. The Greek Theater and Its Drama by Roy Caston Flickinger (1922)
"In these passages the comic coryphaei have no speaking parts. ... and they are
sometimes embellished by the participation of the coryphaei. ..."
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