Pleurant

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A weeping figure used as an ornament on a tomb.

    "Thought to be the work of the master sculptor Jean de Brecquessent, she is one of only a few of the 14 pleurants to have survived the tomb’s destruction during the French Revolution."

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"Thought to be the work of the master sculptor Jean de Brecquessent, she is one of only a few of the 14 pleurants to have survived the tomb’s destruction during the French Revolution."

Etymology

French, pleurant (“weeping”).

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