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Corybantic Religion

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An expression applied by Prof. Huxley to the Salvation Army and its methods. The rowdy processions of the Salvation Army (especially at Eastbourne, 1891), resembling the wild ravings of the ancient Corybantēs, or devotees of Bacchus, more than sober, religious functions, have given colour to the new word.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Corroboree
Corrouge
Corrugated Iron
Corrupticolæ
Corruption of Blood
Corsair
Corsned
Cortes
Cortina
Corvinus [a raven]
Corybantic Religion
Corycian Cave (The)
Corycian Nymphs (The)
Corydon
Coryphæus (The) or “Coryphēus.”
Coryphæus of German Literature (The)
Coryphæus of Grammarians
Coryphée
Cosa (plu. Cosas)
Cosmiel
Cosmopolite