2 definitions found for Corybantes

Corybantes whose religious rites were accompanied with wild dances and the clashing of cymbals.

Corybant Cor"y*bant (k?r"?-b?nt), n.; pl. E. Corybants (-b?nts), oftener L. Corybantes (-b?n"t?z). [L. Corybas, Gr. ????.] One of the priests of Cybele in Phrygia. The rites of the Corybants were accompanied by wild music, dancing, etc.