Cor|y|bant

Cor|y|bant
Cor|y|bant «KR uh bant, KOR-», noun, plural Cor|y|ban|tes «KR uh BAN teez, KOR-», Cor|y|bants.
1. any one of the attendants of the ancient goddess Cybele of Asia Minor, who followed her over the mountains by torchlight with wild music and dancing.
2. one of the priests of Cybele who conducted her worship with similar frenzied rites.
╂[< Old French Corybant, learned borrowing from Latin Corybantes priests of Cybele < Greek Korýbās, -antos]

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