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vesica piscis
[ vuh-sahy-kuh pahy-sis, pis-is; vuh-see-kuh pis-kis, ves-i-kuh ]
noun
- an elliptical figure in pointed form, usually one made by the intersection of two arcs and used, especially in early Christian art, as an emblem of Christ.
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Example Sentences
A myrtle was also a type, but of the female, because its leaf is a close representation of the vesica piscis.
In this figure the cross is made by the intersection of two ovals, each a vesica piscis, an emblem of the yoni.
In modern Christian art this symbol is called vesica piscis, and is sometimes surrounded with rays.
Thus the following solution that I give to our puzzle involves the pointed "oval," known among architects as the "vesica piscis."
Mandorla, man-dor′la, n. an oval panel, or a work of art filling such: the vesica piscis.
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