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Example sentences for "orphrey"

Lexicographically close words:
orphan; orphanage; orphanages; orphaned; orphans; orphreys; orpiment; orpine; orra; orrible
  1. The broad orphrey is embroidered with a series of heraldic shields (Plate II.

  2. An embroidered orphrey in the Victoria and Albert Museum belongs to the early part of the same century.

  3. The lower border and the orphrey with coats of arms do not belong to the original cope and are of somewhat later date.

  4. In the middle of the orphrey is a figure of Our Lord holding the orb in His left hand and with His right hand raised in benediction.

  5. In the orphrey are kings, queens, archbishops, and bishops.

  6. At Coire, in the Grisons, is a very beautiful chasuble, of which the orphrey is of the school of the elder Holbein or Lucas Cranach, applied and raised so as to form a high relief.

  7. The orphrey is divided into tabernacles containing an archbishop, two bishops, and three kings and queens.

  8. His long beard floated like a white cloud upon the star-like clusters of jewels constellating the orphrey robe fitting tightly over his breast.

  9. Judging from these, and the embroidered orphrey which the authorities bought from the Hockon Collection for £119 1s.


  10. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "orphrey" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.