| 单词 | tomb effigy |
| 释义 | > as lemmastomb effigy tomb effigy n. a representation of a person used to mark or adorn a tomb; esp. a stone sculpture of the deceased on a tomb in a church, abbey, etc., chiefly represented lying down and usually clothed or wearing armour (cf. tomb chest n.). ΚΠ 1821 J. B. Gilchrist Hindee Moral Preceptor (ed. 2) ii. 115/1 Dhora, tomb effigy (also called dhorha). 1929 Bull. Metrop. Mus. Art 24 54/2 Visitors to The Cloisters will recall the beautiful thirteenth-century tomb effigy of a knight placed on a low base in the center of the nave. 2015 Malton & Pickering (Yorks.) Mercury (Nexis) 20 Feb. Robert de Ros, lord of Helmsley..died in 1226 and his tomb effigy is at Temple Church, London. < as lemmas |
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