Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Excavated in solid rock, as many cave-tombs in Egypt, Asia Minor, and India. See cave-tomb and rock-temple.

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Examples

  • These rock-cut temples at Ellora and Ajanta are marvels of construction that immerse us in India's most enduring contributions to global civilization.

    Buddha of the Material World Michael FitzGerald 2011

  • Whatever you've seen or heard about Petra, nothing really prepares you for the immense size of the city -- around four square miles, mostly not excavated yet -- and the 800 structures there, from rock-cut tombs to churches, temples and baths to a 3,000-seat amphitheater.

    Bob Schulman: Jordan Brims With Holy, Historical Sites Bob Schulman 2011

  • This series of paintings takes as its title a scrawl of graffiti on a rock-cut along the Trans Canada Highway near Sudbury.

    DIG IT SKID! The Nag 2009

  • Perhaps even more than for these rock-cut structures, Ajanta is admired for its paintings, probably the finest extant series of ancient paintings anywhere in the world.

    Buddha of the Material World Michael FitzGerald 2011

  • Whatever you've seen or heard about Petra, nothing really prepares you for the immense size of the city -- around four square miles, mostly not excavated yet -- and the 800 structures there, from rock-cut tombs to churches, temples and baths to a 3,000-seat amphitheater.

    Bob Schulman: Jordan Brims With Holy, Historical Sites Bob Schulman 2011

  • Hatshepsut, a woman of royal blood, ruled as pharaoh during this period, as did Tutankhamun and the long-lived Rameses the Great, famous for the colossal rock-cut statues he built at Abu Simbel as well as his war against the Hittites of Asia Minor.

    Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011

  • Hatshepsut, a woman of royal blood, ruled as pharaoh during this period, as did Tutankhamun and the long-lived Rameses the Great, famous for the colossal rock-cut statues he built at Abu Simbel as well as his war against the Hittites of Asia Minor.

    Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011

  • Hatshepsut, a woman of royal blood, ruled as pharaoh during this period, as did Tutankhamun and the long-lived Rameses the Great, famous for the colossal rock-cut statues he built at Abu Simbel as well as his war against the Hittites of Asia Minor.

    Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011

  • An 'ossuary' is a stone box in which bones previously laid out in rock-cut tombs, such as those in the Gospels, were placed after they were retrieved by relatives or followers.

    Robert Eisenman: The James Ossuary: Is It Authentic? (An Update) Robert Eisenman 2011

  • Built into the face of the brown earthen wall, not unlike the famous rock-cut buildings at Petra in Jordan, was a beautiful arched stone doorway.

    THE 5 GREATEST WARRIORS MATTHEW REILLY 2010

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