Cabiri (k&adot_;bīrī), prop. n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. Kabeiroi.] (Myth.) Certain deities originally worshiped with mystical rites by the Pelasgians in Lemnos and Samothrace and afterwards throughout Greece; -- also called sons of Hephæstus (or Vulcan), as being masters of the art of working metals. [Written also Cabeiri.] Liddell & Scott.[1913 Webster]