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Simulacrum

noun
(pl. simulacra)
1.
An insubstantial or vague semblance.
2.
A representation of a person (especially in the form of sculpture).  Synonyms: effigy, image.  "The emperor's tomb had his image carved in stone"






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"Simulacrum" Quotes from Famous Books



... mediator, by the senses, between his thoughts and God's thoughts; but when every breath has, as it were, to be sent for and brought hither with much labour and small consolation—when pain turns faith into a mere shadow of hope—when the withered limb hangs irresponsive, lost and cumbersome, an inert simulacrum of power, swinging lifeless to and fro;—then even the physical man understands his share in the groaning of the creation after the sonship. When, at a word issuing from such a mouth as that of Jesus of Nazareth, the poor, withered, distorted, contemptible hand obeyed and, ...
— Miracles of Our Lord • George MacDonald

... he says: "Nocte quadam simulacrum in lectica supinum ponitur, et per numeros digestis fletibus plangitur: deinde cum se ficta lamentatione satiaverint lumen infertur: tunc a sacerdote omnium qui flebant fauces unguentur, quibus perunctis sacerdos hoc ...
— From Ritual to Romance • Jessie L. Weston

... over her shoulder in the direction in which Mrs. Nutter was looking, and with a sort of shock, not knowing whether it was a bodily presence or a simulacrum raised by the incantations of Mary Matchwell, she beheld the dark features and white eye-balls of Nutter himself looking full on them ...
— The House by the Church-Yard • J. Sheridan Le Fanu



Words linked to "Simulacrum" :   image, waxwork, strawman, colour, representation, bird-scarer, scarer, god, wax figure, idol, graven image, scarecrow, guy, semblance, straw man, gloss, color



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