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English
Etymology
From Latin caelatura, from caelare (“to engrave in relief”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsɛlətjʊɚ/, /ˈsɛlət͡ʃɚ/
Noun
celature (countable and uncountable, plural celatures)
- (obsolete) The act or art of engraving or embossing.
- (obsolete) An engraving.
1627, G[eorge] H[akewill], An Apologie of the Power and Prouidence of God in the Gouernment of the World. , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Iohn Lichfield and William Turner, , →OCLC:These celatures in their drinking cups were so fram'd, that they might pur them on or take them oft at pleasure
References
“celature”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams
Latin
Participle
cēlātūre
- vocative masculine singular of cēlātūrus