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ziggurat

[zig-oo-rat] / ˈzɪg ʊˌræt /


NOUN
steeple
Synonyms


Example Sentences

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He copied them with ink and brush, and he rephotographed them, sometimes altering them first by projecting the negatives onto little ziggurats of plaster.

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The ziggurat’s immense height reflected the belief that the gods dwelled on high.

From Literature

The location of the ziggurat said to have been the Tower of Babel described in the Old Testament has also never been established.

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Ms. Pearson has peered into Indian stepwells shaped like upside-down ziggurats and wandered mazes of domed masonry bathhouses in Budapest, illuminated only by “rays coming through tiny stars of glass, articulating mathematical symmetries.”

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On my visit, the posters covering Mr. Gibson’s ziggurat had already begun to wrinkle and tear.

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