Sepulchral+monument

  • 51cenotaph — cen•o•taph [[t]ˈsɛn əˌtæf, ˌtɑf[/t]] n. a sepulchral monument erected in memory of a deceased person whose body is buried elsewhere • Etymology: 1595–1605; < L cenotaphium < Gk kenotáphion=kenó(s) empty + taphion, der. of táphos tomb cen… …

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  • 52cenotaph — /ˈsɛnətaf / (say senuhtahf) noun 1. a sepulchral monument in memory of a deceased person whose body is elsewhere. 2. a municipal, civic or national memorial to those killed in war. {Latin cenotaphium, from Greek kenotaphion an empty tomb}… …

  • 53bust — Ⅰ. bust [1] ► NOUN 1) a woman s breasts. 2) a sculpture of a person s head, shoulders, and chest. ORIGIN French buste, from Latin bustum tomb, sepulchral monument . Ⅱ. bust [2] informal …

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  • 54tomb — n. 1 a large esp. underground vault for the burial of the dead. 2 an enclosure cut in the earth or in rock to receive a dead body. 3 a sepulchral monument. 4 (prec. by the) the state of death. Etymology: ME t(o)umbe f. AF tumbe, OF tombe f. LL… …

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  • 55gisant — zhēzäⁿ noun (plural gisants äⁿ(z)) Etymology: French, from present participle of gésir to lie, lie flat, from Latin jacēre to lie : a recumbent sculpture of a deceased person shown usually with arms crossed over the chest * * * Fr. /zhee zahonn / …

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  • 56ГРЕЦИЯ ЧАСТЬ II — Архитектура Рассмотрение процесса развития греч. церковного зодчества по территориальному признаку достаточно условно и не учитывает целого ряда не только периферийных, но и центральных явлений. Для Г., с ее богатой античной и средневек.… …

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  • 57Archaeology of the Cross and Crucifix —     Archæology of the Cross and Crucifix     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Archæology of the Cross and Crucifix     I. PRIMITIVE CRUCIFORM SIGNS     The sign of the cross, represented in its simplest form by a crossing of two lines at right angles,… …

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  • 58Western sculpture — ▪ art Introduction       three dimensional artistic forms produced in what is now Europe and later in non European areas dominated by European culture (such as North America) from the Metal Ages (Europe, history of) to the present.       Like… …

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  • 59Sculpture — • In the widest sense of the term, sculpture is the art of representing in bodily form men, animals, and other objects in stone, bronze, ivory, clay and similar materials Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Sculpture     Sculpture …

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  • 60epigraphy — epigraphist, epigrapher, n. /i pig reuh fee/, n. 1. the study or science of epigraphs or inscriptions, esp. of ancient inscriptions. 2. inscriptions collectively. [1850 55; EPIGRAPH + Y3] * * * ▪ historiography Introduction  the study of written… …

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