celature

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English

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Etymology

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From Latin caelatura, from caelare (to engrave in relief).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈsɛlətjʊɚ/, /ˈsɛlət͡ʃɚ/

Noun

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celature (countable and uncountable, plural celatures)

  1. (obsolete) The act or art of engraving or embossing.
  2. (obsolete) An engraving.
    • 1627, G[eorge] H[akewill], An Apologie of the Power and Prouidence of God in the Gouernment of the World. [], Oxford, Oxfordshire: [] Iohn Lichfield and William Turner, [], →OCLC:
      These celatures in their drinking cups were so fram'd, that they might pur them on or take them oft at pleasure

References

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celature”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

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Latin

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Participle

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cēlātūre

  1. vocative masculine singular of cēlātūrus