Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In law, the impression or image of anything upon a seal.
- noun In Gr. antiquity, a votive offering to a deity, especially a statue, but also a painting or any other art-object. See etymology of anathema.
- noun [capitalized] In zoology, a genus of physophorous oceanic hydroids, the type of the family Agalmidæ.
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Examples
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The text, most probably recycled from the Temple of Apollo itself, mentions a statue (agalma), which had cost at least 1000 drachmai of silver.
Interactive Dig Sagalassos - Apollo Klarios Sanctuary Report 3 2003
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Smyrna, agalma tes Asias, as it has been called, was one of the fairest and noblest cities of Ionia; most favourably placed upon the coast to command the trade of the Levant, which equally in old and modern times it has enjoyed.
Epistles to the Seven Churches in Asia. 1807-1886 1863
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[19] {to agalmati to 'Apollonos}: {agalma} is used for anything dedicated to a god, most commonly the sacred image.
The history of Herodotus — Volume 1 480? BC-420? BC Herodotus 1883
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‘Apollonos}: {agalma} is used for anything dedicated to a god, most commonly the sacred image.
The History of Herodotus Herodotus 2003
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