Rilievo

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A relief. archaic

    "One of the rilievos on the outer wall of the church seems to belong to an early period of the Longobard dominion in Italy, when that nation was still Arian: […]"

  2. 2
    sculpture consisting of shapes carved on a surface so as to stand out from the surrounding background wordnet

Etymology

From Italian rilievo. Doublet of relief.

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