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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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