Definition of Ex votos. Meaning of Ex votos. Synonyms of Ex votos

- gratitude or devotion. The term is usually restricted to Christian examples. Ex-votos are placed in a church or chapel where the worshiper s****s grace or wishes...
- favour. Also, sailors who survived shipwrecks gave thanks and deposited ex-votos at Notre-Dame of the Sea in the church of Notre-Dame-du-Mont. Towards the...
- this ex-voto of the Argives for the remains of the temple of Apollo. Three ex-votos by the Argives and one by the Athenians stood next to the ex-voto of...
- One of the important ex votos of the Gr**** cities in the sanctuary of Delphi was the bronze sculpted ex voto of the Italian city of Tarentum in commemoration...
- a little smaller. They served various functions, such as cult statues, ex-votos, monuments celebrating athletes, and funeral markers. The chronology of...
- grandiose monument dedicated by the Arcadians, particularly the Tegeates. The ex-voto of the Arcadians is marked nowadays by an oblong base; it served for supporting...
- Among the famous ex votos of Delphi was that of Craterus, friend and general of Alexander the Great, attributed to Lysippos. The excavations of the French...
- the Sacred Way, close to the temple of Apollo where they erected their ex votos. The highest part of the Sacred Way and the area around the temple of Apollo...
- Christ, the Virgin Mother, or one of the hundreds of saints. Many are ex-votos ("from a vow") that depict the story that led to their commission, usually...
- benefit, and fulfilled the vow on May 23, 1836. —(Ex-voto of liberation from cholera) Also among the ex-votos preserved is that of Queen Margherita of Savoy...