: a mystic Greek religion offering initiates purification of the soul from innate evil and release from the cycle of reincarnation

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Guests were able to peruse their current exhibition Harmony and Dissonance: Orphism in Paris, 1910–1930, which is on view until March 2025. Nadja Sayej, Forbes, 25 Nov. 2024 His exhortation bore fruit in subsequent work that included the Orphism of the French painter Robert Delaunay, for one, who was shown with him in the vastly influential 1913 Armory Show, in New York. Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker, 8 Nov. 2021

Word History

Etymology

Orpheus, its reputed founder

First Known Use

1880, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of Orphism was in 1880

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“Orphism.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Orphism. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.

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