Bible Dictionary: Decoration

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) The act of adorning, embellishing, or honoring; ornamentation.

2. (n.) That which adorns, enriches, or beautifies; something added by way of embellishment; ornament.

3. (n.) Specifically, any mark of honor to be worn upon the person, as a medal, cross, or ribbon of an order of knighthood, bestowed for services in war, great achievements in literature, art, etc.

Greek

2889. kosmos -- order, the world
... Probably from the base of komizo; orderly arrangement, ie Decoration; by implication,
the world (in a wide or narrow sense, including its inhabitants ...
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Strong's Hebrew

1927. hadarah -- adornment, glory
... beauty, honor Feminine of hadar; decoration -- beauty, honour. see HEBREW
hadar. 1926, 1927. hadarah. 1927a . Strong's Numbers.
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Library

Description of the Walls, Roof, Decoration, and Gilding of the ...
... Book III. Chapter XXXVI."Description of the Walls, Roof, Decoration, and
Gilding of the Body of the Church. For at the side opposite ...
/.../pamphilius/the life of constantine/chapter xxxvi description of the walls.htm

List of Books for Reference
... "Handbook of Heraldry." Cussan. "Church Decoration." French. "Church Decoration."
Frederick Warne & Co., London. "Folk-Lore of Plants." Dyer. ...
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Hiram, the Inspired Artificer
... conqueror. The name of one man only has been handed down the ages as having
specially signalised himself in the decoration of the temple. ...
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Crossing the Hellespont.
... and trappings, it is true, of such troops as were in immediate attendance on the
king, were very splendid and gay, though this was only decoration, after all ...
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The Older Boys' Conference or Congress
... 1. Publicity, Delegate and Registration. 2. Meeting Place and Decoration. ... 2. Meeting
Place and Decoration Committee: The duties of this committee are obvious. ...
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Against Excessive Fondness for Jewels and Gold Ornaments.
... has ornament of gold maddened other women to vicious practices, using as a bait
the form of the serpent, and by fashioning lampreys and serpents for decoration ...
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History Of Egypt, Chaldaea, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, V 2
... The cemeteries of Gizeh and Saqqara: the Great Sphinx; the mastabas, their chapel
and its decoration, the statues of the double, the sepulchral vault ...
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History Of Egypt, Chaldaea, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, V 8
... of Khalule (692 BC), siege and destruction of Babylon (689 BC) -- Buildings of
Sennacherib at Nineveh: his palace at Kouyunjik; its decoration with battle ...
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Introduction.
... sublime. Poetry loses its lustre and its power, because it is applied to
the decoration of something more excellent than itself. ...
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A Diet of Public Worship in the Time of Knox.
... The narrowness which would forbid beauty and artistic decoration and the pride which
would sacrifice comfort and convenience for the sake of appearance, were ...
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Thesaurus

Decoration (1 Occurrence)
... war, great achievements in literature, art, etc. Multi-Version Concordance
Decoration (1 Occurrence). 1 Peter 3:3 Let your beauty ...
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Crown (94 Occurrences)
... cents. 24. (n.) An ornaments or decoration representing a crown; as, the paper
is stamped with a crown. 25. ... remuneration. (1) Decoration. ...
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Finery (2 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) Elaborate or ornamental clothing and accessories. 2. (n.) Ornament; decoration;
especially, excecially decoration; showy clothes; jewels. ...
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Architecture
... A liking for mural decoration existed throughout the whole Jewish period, as is
seen from the small fragments of painted plaster discovered in the various ...
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Crafts (2 Occurrences)
... read the law from a pulpit of wood (Nehemiah 8:4). Solomon's chariots were made
of wood (Songs 3:9). Inlaid work, still a favorite form of decoration in Syria ...
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Vision (106 Occurrences)
... Thus Isaiah's vision of the seraphim (Isaiah 6:2) was doubtless suggested by familiar
figures used in the decoration of the temple at Jerusalem; Paul's "man of ...
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Urim (8 Occurrences)
... (n.) A part or decoration of the breastplate of the high priest among the ancient
Jews, by which Jehovah revealed his will on certain occasions. ...
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Ornament (23 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) That which embellishes or adorns; that which
adds grace or beauty; embellishment; decoration; adornment. ...
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Garnish (1 Occurrence)
... See Garnishee, vt. 6. (n.) Something added for embellishment; decoration; ornament;
also, dress; garments, especially such as are showy or decorated. ...
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Water (4571 Occurrences)
... Hence, of the first water, that is, of the first excellence. 6. (n.) A wavy, lustrous
pattern or decoration such as is imparted to linen, silk, metals, etc. ...
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Bible Concordance

Decoration (1 Occurrence)

1 Peter 3:3 Let your beauty be not just the outward adorning of braiding the hair, and of wearing jewels of gold, or of putting on fine clothing;
(See RSV)

Subtopics

Decoration

Related Terms

Crown (94 Occurrences)

Finery (2 Occurrences)

Architecture

Crafts (2 Occurrences)

Vision (106 Occurrences)

Urim (8 Occurrences)

Ornament (23 Occurrences)

Garnish (1 Occurrence)

Water (4571 Occurrences)