elaborate

• The work is very elaborate, the whole screen being arranged in three tiers with canopied niches containing eighteen large statues, while smaller figures--kings, saints, angels, etc.--occupy the splays between. —  Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Winchester A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See
• My toilet was not elaborate, and a short half hour found me completely equipped for the journey Leaving Biloxi, unaccompanied, like a thief in the night, I set out, and having reached the Bay winded a horn until Pachaco heard, then sat me down to wait for his boat CHAPTER XXIV THE CHILDREN OF THE BLACK WOLF'S BREED According to the Governor's recollection, I had been gone only a short space when a peremptory knock came upon his door. —  The Black Wolf's Breed A Story of France in the Old World and the New, happening in the Reign of Louis XIV
• The most elaborate is the high-topped boots of the German cavalryman, and the least the Dahomey Amazon, who sometimes has a red string tied around her great toe. —  The Adventures of Uncle Jeremiah and Family at the Great Fair Their Observations and Triumphs
• [290 Sidenote: Elaborate funeral ceremonies observed by the Torres Straits Islanders The funeral ceremonies observed by the Torres Straits Islanders were numerous and elaborate, and they present some features of special interest. —  The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead, Volume I (of 3) The Belief Among the Aborigines of Australia, the Torres Straits Islands, New Guinea and Melanesia
• The other example is far more elaborate, and was read by J.S. Udal, Esquire, in a paper on Christmas Mummers in Dorsetshire before the Folk-lore Society, 13th April 1880. —  A Righte Merrie Christmasse The Story of Christ-Tide

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