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Castalia, Castalie, -ly|kæˈsteɪlɪə, ˈkæstəlɪ| [L. Castalia, Gr. κασταλία, pr. name.] Proper name of a spring on Mount Parnassus, sacred to the Muses; often used allusively.
1591Spenser Virg. Gnat. 23 The..waues of..Castaly. 1600Tourneur Transf. Metamorph. lxxxvii. (1878) 172 Conuert each riuer to pure Castalie. 1748Thomson Cast. Indol. ii. xxi, And brought them to another Castalie. 1847Tennyson Princ. iv. 275, I led you then to all the Castalies. |