tableau

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This tableau has been admired by many, and will repay any one for the trouble of producing it.

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  1. noun A vivid or graphic description: The movie was a tableau of a soldier's life.
  2. noun A striking incidental scene, as of a picturesque group of people: "New public figures suddenly abound in the hitherto faceless totalitarian tableaux” (John McLaughlin).
  3. noun An interlude during a scene when all the performers on stage freeze in position and then resume action as before.
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  • Then things cleared, and the tableau was as it was before. —  Man from Mundania
  • The opening performance art-like tableau is a wonderful indicator of what's to come. —  Evening Standard - Home
  • If the GOP faithful felt uncomfortable with this complicated family tableau, they suppressed it. —  News & Record Article Feed
  • Our cherished tableau --- America the champion of liberties defending the globe against totalitarian hordes is overturned.
  • The tableau is a welcome addition, though next year, they should get someone who's less of a ham to play Jesus Christ. —  village idiot savant
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  1. French, from Old French tablel, diminutive of table, surface prepared for painting; see table.

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  1. from French tableau, a table, picture, diminutive of table, a table, picture: see table.
 

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