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Definition of Pietà
1. Noun. A representation of the Virgin Mary mourning over the dead body of Jesus.
Definition of Pietà
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 Pietà
1. a representation of the Virgin Mary mourning over the body of Christ [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pietà
Literary usage of Pietà
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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