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priants

priants is the plural of priant.

Meaning of priant

Noun

priant (plural priants)

  1. A kneeling figure, in French sepulchral art.
    • page 139: It is an established fact that Anequin de Egas gave shape to the new conception of the priant in about 1467, when Juan […], the architect of the famous convent church of Guadalupe in Estramadura, died.
      page 144: We begin to ask ourselves whether the priants were intended to depict souls...1954, Henriette Eugénie s' Jacob, Idealism and Realism: A Study of Sepulchral Symbolism

Questions about priants

What is priants the plural of?
Priants is the plural of priant.

Words near priants in the dictionary

  1. prian
  2. prianik
  3. prianiki
  4. prianiks
  5. priant
  6. priants
  7. priany
  8. Priapean
  9. Priapeans
  10. priapi
  11. priapic

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