Pieta

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pieta \Pi*e*t[`a]"\ (p[-e]*[asl]*t[aum]"), n. [It.] (Fine Arts)
     A representation of the dead Christ, attended by the Virgin
     Mary or by holy women and angels. --Mollett.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  pieta
       n : a representation of the Virgin Mary mourning over the dead
           body of Jesus