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STATUES |
Monuments |
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LANDMARKS |
Monuments |
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MONUMENTALLY |
By means of monuments. |
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STATUTES |
Laws first tabled in monuments |
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MORTUARY |
Of or pertaining to the dead; as, mortuary monuments. |
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FEROHER |
A symbol of the solar deity, found on monuments exhumed in
Babylon, Nineveh, etc. |
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CARTOUCH |
An oval figure on monuments, and in papyri, containing
the name of a sovereign. |
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LAPIDARY |
Of or pertaining to the art of cutting stones, or
engraving on stones, either gems or monuments; as, lapidary
ornamentation. |
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CAPRICORN |
A southern constellation, represented on ancient
monuments by the figure of a goat, or a figure with its fore part like
a fish. |
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VANDALISM |
The spirit or conduct of the Vandals; ferocious cruelty;
hostility to the arts and literature, or willful destruction or
defacement of their monuments. |
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OBLITERATE |
To wear out; to remove or destroy utterly by any
means; to render imperceptible; as. to obliterate ideas; to obliterate
the monuments of antiquity. |
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SEPULCHRAL |
Of or pertaining to burial, to the grave, or to
monuments erected to the memory of the dead; as, a sepulchral stone; a
sepulchral inscription. |
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GREYHOUND |
A slender, graceful breed of dogs, remarkable for keen
sight and swiftness. It is one of the oldest varieties known, and is
figured on the Egyptian monuments. |
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ARCHAEOLOGY |
...oric
antiquities, such as the remains of buildings or monuments of an early
epoch, inscriptions, implements, and other relics, written manuscrip... |
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ANTIQUARY |
One devoted to the study of ancient times through their
relics, as inscriptions, monuments, remains of ancient habitations,
statues, coins, man... |
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INSCRIPTION |
...engraved; especially, a word or words written or engraved on a solid
substance for preservation or public inspection; as, inscriptions on
monume... |
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VANDAL |
... the 5th century, notorious for
destroying the monuments of art and literature. ... |
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EFFIGY |
...n, whether
a full figure, or a part; an imitative figure; -- commonly applied to
sculptured likenesses, as those on monuments, or to those of th... |
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LOTUS |
...elumbium speciosum,
are figured on its ancient monuments. ... |