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ornate

[awr-neyt] / ɔrˈneɪt /


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Today, visitors enter via the ornate Nativity façade, on the church’s eastern side.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

Women in lace mantillas and gold jewelry pass on their way to somewhere ornate.

From Salon Aug. 11, 2026

The company, he said, will open a "cultural, artistic, fashion, art, retail food experience" in Milan's Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II, the ornate 19th century shopping arcade where the first Prada boutique opened in 1913.

From Barron's Jul. 30, 2026

The recent high temperatures have revealed the outline of an ornate and "lost" 17th Century garden at the Chatsworth Estate.

From BBC Jul. 20, 2026

Once we reached the building, I tugged him to the side, away from the gateway with its concentric arches and ornate repousse facade.

From "The City Beautiful" by Aden Polydoros




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