Definition of Pieta

1. Noun. A representation of the Virgin Mary mourning over the dead body of Jesus.

Generic synonyms: Representation

Definition of Pieta

1. Noun. (alternative form of pietà) ¹

2. Noun. A sculpture or painting of the Virgin Mary holding and mourning the dead body of Jesus. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Pieta

1. a representation of the Virgin Mary mourning over the body of Christ [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pieta

pierogis
pierre robin syndrome
pierrotite
pierrots
piers
pierst
piert
pies
piesesthesia
pieshop
pieshops
piesimeter
piesis
piet
piet-my-vrou
pieta (current term)
pietas
pieties
pietism
pietisms
pietist
pietistic
pietistical
pietistically
pietists
pietra dura
pietra serena
piets
piety
pietàs

Literary usage of Pieta

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The History of the Popes, from the Close of the Middle Ages: Drawn from the by Ludwig Pastor, Ralph Francis Kerr, Frederick Ignatius Antrobus (1908)
"The first gave sanction to the pawnshops or Monti di pieta, which had been called into existence as a protection for the necessitous poor against ..."

2. The Story of Venice by Thomas Okey (1905)
"SECTION IX The Riva degli Schiavoni—S. Maria della pieta— Petrarch's House—S. Giovanni in ... pieta ..."

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