religious imagery

collocation in English

meaningsofreligiousandimagery

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religious
adjective
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/rɪˈlɪdʒ.əs/
relating ...
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imagery
noun[U]
uk
/ˈɪm.ɪ.dʒər.i/us
/ˈɪm.ə.dʒər.i/
the use of words or pictures in books, films, paintings, etc. to describe ideas ...
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(Definition ofreligiousandimageryfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofreligious imagery

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As the role of the church grew within the state,religiousimagerybecame a pervasive feature of everyday life.
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Indeed, the authors mention, albeit rather cursorily in the footnotes, that the past is often imbued withreligiousimageryin other countries as well.
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To begin with, the authors' argument rests primarily on the use of certain stock phrases employingreligiousimageryin reference to ancient monuments.
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It took overtreligiousimagerydeep into the heart of rock in a way never previously done so explicitly.
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This text is an investigation in religious form and usingreligiousimageryof a fundamental problem of human life : the meaning of evil.
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These poems range fromreligiousimageryto implied metaphors of religion.
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The decoration includes not justreligiousimagerybut also birds and animals along with local people at work.
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Symbols used in art may be grouped into four overarching categories:religiousimagery, divine and mortal beings, symbols from nature and inanimate objects.
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Both the cross and secular two-dimensional images continued to be acceptable, indeed were used to replacereligiousimageryin the two best-known examples.
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Religiousimagerypermeated many war memorials, even the secular.
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The album as a whole is characterized by a mix of psychedelic andreligiousimagery.
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The footage goes hand in hand with thereligiousimagerywith which the band have become notorious for using throughout their body work.
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The intellectual emphasis of the earlier revivals had left a dearth ofreligiousimagerythat the visions supplied.
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This part of the poem above lets out the logical argument and starts to become truly heartfelt with the use ofreligiousimageryand metaphors.
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They combine first-person narrative, letters,religiousimagery, and poetry.
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Religiousimageryis present throughout the record.
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