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E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
 
Ar’toty’rites (4 syl.).
 
Certain heretics from among the Montanists; so called because they used bread and cheese in the Eucharist. They admitted women to the priesthood. (Greek, artos, barley-bread, and turos, cheese.)   1
 


 Artists, The Prince of,Arts. 

 
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