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pieta


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Pieta  \Pi*e*t[`a]"\  (p[-e]*[asl]*t[aum]"),  n.  [It.]  (Fine  Arts) 
  A  representation  of  the  dead  Christ,  attended  by  the  Virgin 
  Mary  or  by  holy  women  and  angels.  --Mollett. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  pieta 
  n  :  a  representation  of  the  Virgin  Mary  mourning  over  the  dead 
  body  of  Jesus 




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