Trophonian

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Trophonian \Tro*pho"ni*an\, a. [L. Trophonianus, fr. Trophonius,
     Gr. ?, a Grecian architect, fabled to have been the builder
     of the first temple of Apollo at Delphi. He was worshiped
     after death, and had a celebrated oracle in a cave in
     B[oe]otia.]
     Of or pertaining to Trophonius, his architecture, or his cave


     and oracle.
     [1913 Webster]