Definitionn. the process of turning some plant material into stone by infiltration with water carrying mineral particles without changing the original shape
Last update: September 9, 2015
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But as a rule, and especially in the great periods of church architecture, their builders were untrammelled by any utilitarian considerations; they built for the glory of God, for their own glory perhaps, in honour of the saints; and their work, where it survives, is (as it were) a petrification of their beliefs and ideals. [Please select]
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"The very thing," she said, recovering from petrification, "and I'll _do_ it."' [Please select]
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It was there chiefly that the blocks of petrification presented a peculiar character: some lay thrown down in the gallery, pierced by sockets with a rectangular section, which show the dimensions and the way in which it had been worked; others, with a rounded base, are veritable uprights, still standing on the rock. [Please select]
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