Look up: Patera

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   patera
   Shallow crater; scalloped, complex edge.
   Found on http://www.solarviews.com/eng/terms.htm
   
   
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   Patera
   A shallow dish from which a sacrifice or libation could be poured, often onto an altar. Many Roman coin reverse types show figures holding a patera, which symbolised piety and religious intent. Sometimes creatures with religious connections, such as snakes and peacocks, are fed from them.
   Found on http://www.moonmoth.demon.co.uk/glossary
   
   
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   patera
   a flat, round, relief ornament
   Found on http://www.lancashirechurches.co.uk/glos
   
   
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   Patera
   A round ornament, sunk like a dish. See also roundel.
   Found on http://www.crsbi.ac.uk/crsbi/frglossary.
   
   
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   patera
   Small circular or oval ornament in low relief, usually resembling a flower or acanthus leaves. See decorative motifs.
   Found on http://www.antique-crafts.co.uk/glossary
   
   
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   Patera
   Pat'e·ra noun ; plural Pateræ [ Latin , from patere to lie open.] 1. A saucerlike vessel of earthenware or metal, used by the Greeks and Romans in libations and sacrificies. 2. (Architecture) A circular ornament, resembling a dish, often worked in relief on friezes, and the like.
   Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/32
   
   
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   patera
   Origin: L, fr. Patere to lie open. ... 1. A saucerlike vessel of earthenware or metal, used by the Greeks and Romans in libations and sacrificies. ... 2. A circular ornament, resembling a dish, often worked in relief on friezes, and the like. ... Source: Websters Dictionary ... (01 Mar 1998) ...
   Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona
   
   
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   Patera
   • (n.) A circular ornament, resembling a dish, often worked in relief on friezes, and the like. • (n.) A saucerlike vessel of earthenware or metal, used by the Greeks and Romans in libations and sacrificies.
   Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning
   
   
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   Patera
   Circular ornament in low relief based on the classical libation dish, much used in 18thC neo-classical silver where it was also adapted to oval outlines. Often enriched with fluting, foliage, etc.
   Found on http://freespace.virgin.net/a.data/gloss