petrifaction

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For another video, Weitz dipped her own hand in porcelain slip and let it dry, creating a crackling petrifaction effect on her skin; her dusty, chalky-looking body then appeared a decaying sculpture itself.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 3, 2016

The petrifaction of religious language has happened over and over – Catholic Latin, Orthodox Slavonic.

From The Guardian • Mar. 1, 2011

Most were philosophers, and inquired into the workings of time and memory, natural history, the properties of light, heat, and petrifaction.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson

There are many instances of ores that have been deposited, molecule by molecule, replacing equal volumes of the previous rock, much upon the order of the petrifaction of wood.

From The Business of Mining A brief non-technical exposition of the principles involved in the profitable operation of mines by Hoskin, Arthur J.

At the same time it gave rise also to ritualistic piety, which, while tenaciously clinging to the traditional practice of the law, fostered hair-splitting casuistry and caused the petrifaction of religion in the codified Halakah.

From Jewish Theology by Kohler, Kaufmann