Meaning of சிலை in English
- A very small figure, whether human or of an animal; especially, one in terra cotta or the like; -- distinguished from statuette, which is applied to small figures in bronze, marble, etc.
- An image or representation of anything.
- An image of a divinity; a representation or symbol of a deity or any other being or thing, made or used as an object of worship; a similitude of a false god.
- That on which the affections are strongly (often excessively) set; an object of passionate devotion; a person or thing greatly loved or adored.
- A false notion or conception; a fallacy.
- Idolatrous.
- The worship of idols.
- A worshiper of idols.
- To make an idol of; to pay idolatrous worship to; as, to idolize the sacred bull in Egypt.
- To love to excess; to love or reverence to adoration; as, to idolize gold, children, a hero.
- To practice idolatry.
- of Idolize
- One who practices the art of making statues.
- The art of carving statues or images as representatives of real persons or things; a branch of sculpture.
- A collection of statues; statues, collectively.
- The likeness of a living being sculptured or modeled in some solid substance, as marble, bronze, or wax; an image; as, a statue of Hercules, or of a lion.
- A portrait.
- To place, as a statue; to form a statue of; to make into a statue.
- of Statue
- Adorned with statues.
- Partaking of, or exemplifying, the characteristics of a statue; having the symmetry, or other excellence, of a statue artistically made; as, statuesquelimbs; a statuesque attitude.
- A small statue; -- usually applied to a figure much less than life size, especially when of marble or bronze, or of plaster or clay as a preparation for the marble or bronze, as distinguished from a figure in terra cotta or the like. Cf. Figurine.
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