carven

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Conducted by the long scarlet-robed figure of Cardinal Merry del Val, Archpriest of the Basilica, they admired painted ceilings and gigantic carven cherubs, knelt above the Tomb of the Apostles.

From Time Magazine Archive

No carven motto is more obvious than that above the Supreme Court bench: "Eyes and ears are poor witnesses when the soul is barbarous."

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In their ruddy jackets of leather, the twelve members appeared before their stately lord where he sat in a carven chair in his long red room.

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But Justice, a carven figure in a twisted courtroom, is relentless.

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Through the white carven carpet that had been High Street pushed four oxen, buried up to their middles, dragging behind them a heavy plow.

From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare