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Definitions for pietà
ˌpi eɪˈtɑ, pyeɪˈtɑpietà

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. pietanoun

    a representation of the Virgin Mary mourning over the dead body of Jesus

Wiktionary

  1. pietànoun

    A sculpture or painting of the Virgin Mary holding and mourning the dead body of Jesus.

Wikipedia

  1. pieta

    The Pietà (Italian pronunciation: [pjeˈta]; meaning "pity", "compassion") is a subject in Christian art depicting the Blessed Virgin Mary cradling the mortal body of Jesus Christ after his Descent from the Cross. It is most often found in sculpture. The Pietà is a specific form of the Lamentation of Christ in which Jesus is mourned by sole privilege of the Virgin Mary alone, whilst representing her "sixth sorrow" and sometimes accompanied by a specific Marian title. Accordingly, several of such images have merited a Pontifical decree of Canonical coronation from a Pope, such as but not limited to, the Pieta of Saint Peter’s Basilica in Rome, Marienthal Basilica in France, the image in Church of Franciscans in Leuven, Belgium, Kamp-Bornhofen, Germany and Our Lady of Charity in Cartagena, Spain, et cetera.

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  1. pieta

    A pieta is a traditional subject in Christian art that depicts the Virgin Mary sorrowfully cradling the dead body of her son Jesus, who has been taken down from the cross. The term originates from the Italian word for "pity." One of the most famous examples of this is Michelangelo's marble sculpture, also known as "Pieta."

Webster Dictionary

  1. Pietanoun

    a representation of the dead Christ, attended by the Virgin Mary or by holy women and angels

  2. Etymology: [It.]

Wikidata

  1. Pietà

    The Pietà is a subject in Christian art depicting the Virgin Mary cradling the dead body of Jesus, most often found in sculpture. As such, it is a particular form of the Lamentation of Christ, a scene from the Passion of Christ found in cycles of the Life of Christ. When Christ and the Virgin are surrounded by other figures from the New Testament, the subject is strictly called a Lamentation in English, although Pietà is often used for this as well, and is the normal term in Italian.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Pietà

    pē-ā-ta′, n. a representation of the Virgin embracing the dead body of Jesus.

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

  1. Pietà

    the name given to a picture, the subject of which is the dead Christ in the embrace of his sorrowing mother, accompanied by sorrowing women and angels; that sculptured by Michael Angelo, in St. Peter's at Rome, representing the Virgin at the foot of the cross, and the dead Christ in her lap.

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. PIETA

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Pieta is ranked #93513 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Pieta surname appeared 196 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Pieta.

    96.9% or 190 total occurrences were White.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of pietà in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of pietà in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

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