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history paintings

history paintings is the plural of history painting.

Meaning of history painting

Noun

history painting (countable and uncountable, plural history paintings)

  1. (countable) A kind of painting that depicts a moment in a narrative story, often from classical mythology or the Bible.
  2. (uncountable) Such paintings as a genre.

Questions about history paintings

What is history paintings the plural of?
History paintings is the plural of history painting.

Words near history paintings in the dictionary

  1. history book
  2. history books
  3. history is written by the victors
  4. history of the four kings
  5. history painting
  6. history paintings
  7. history repeats itself
  8. history sheet
  9. history sheets
  10. history-sheeter
  11. history-sheeters

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Adapted from Wiktionary: history paintings (page history and authors); history painting (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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