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graven

[grey-vuhn] / ˈgreɪ vən /
ADJECTIVE
engraved
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Those included condemnation of just the sort of graven imagery his son would later master for the Church of Rome and its royal cohorts in Habsburg Spain.

From Los Angeles Times Dec. 6, 2021

Some passed him like he was one of the graven images carved into the columns.

From The Verge Feb. 4, 2019

Here are some Jefferson quotes that visitors will not find on his memorial, a Roman pantheon-style temple to liberty where the Sage of Monticello's graven image keeps vigil over the Tidal Basin in Washington DC.

From BBC Aug. 18, 2017

Prompted by the Jewish subject matter, a winding train of thought leading to this perspective might begin with the biblical injunction against graven images.

From New York Times Aug. 29, 2013

Straight on the panicked horse galloped, past the milestone lodged in the earth at the roadside, heedless of the letters graven in the stone: “Redwall Abbey, fifteen miles.”

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques




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