Definition of Pre-raphaelite

1. Adjective. Of or relating to or characteristic of the Pre-Raphaelites. "The Pre-Raphaelite painters"

2. Noun. A painter or writer dedicated to restoring early Renaissance ideals.


Definition of Pre-raphaelite

1. Adjective. (alternative spelling of preraphaelite) ¹

2. Noun. (alternative spelling of preraphaelite) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pre-raphaelite

Prajapati
Prajesh
Prakash
Prakrit
Prakritic
Prakrits
Prangli
Prato
Praunus
Pravachol
Praxiteles
Prayer of Azariah and Song of the Three Children
Pre-Cana
Pre-Greek
Pre-Raphaelite
Pre-Raphaelites
Preacher
Preakness
Precambrian
Precambrian aeon
Precambrian eon
Precambrian period
Preface
Prekmurian
Prelone
Prem
Premier League
Premiership
Premium Bond

Literary usage of Pre-raphaelite

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

1. The Quarterly Review by John Gibson Lockhart, George Walter Prothero, William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, Baron Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle, Sir William Smith (1906)
"Pre-Raphaelite Diaries and Letters. Edited, by W. M, Rossetti. London: Hurst and Blackett, 1900. 5. Ford Madox Brown: a record of his Life and Work. ..."

2. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero, Ernest Alfred Benians (1909)
"Art and literature were never more closely allied than in the Pre- Raphaelite Brotherhood. For a short time in 1850 the Brotherhood had ..."

3. Art in Great Britain and Ireland by Walter Armstrong (1909)
"In 1848 seven young men bound themselves together in a society to which they gave the name of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. They were Dante Gabriel ..."

4. English Literature: An Illustrated Record by Richard Garnett, Edmund Gosse (1905)
"... and her sad face became the type of a certain anaemic ideal of pre-Raphaelite female beauty. Her health was never good, and about 1852 she was ..."

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