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Definition of pietà noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

pietà

noun

/pjeɪˈtɑː/

/pjeɪˈtɑː/

(art)

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a picture or sculpture of the Virgin Mary holding the dead body of Christ

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