chryselephantine
made of or overlaid with gold and ivory, as certain objects made in ancient Greece.
Origin of chryselephantine
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How to use chryselephantine in a sentence
The chryselephantine papal standard rises high, surrounded by pennons of the civic flag.
Ulysses | James JoyceAll three wrought in chryselephantine gold and ivory; the gold with flowing pallid highlights.
Zero Data | Charles SaphroIn sculpture he favours the use of varicoloured materials in the manner of the Greek chryselephantine sculpture.
There are chryselephantine statues, but no purely elephantine ones.
Utopia of Usurers and other Essays | Gilbert Keith ChestertonThe great statue of Athene by Phidias was of this "chryselephantine" work.
The Expositor's Bible: The First Book of Kings | F. W. Farrar
British Dictionary definitions for chryselephantine
/ (ˌkrɪsɛlɪˈfæntɪn) /
(of ancient Greek statues) made of or overlaid with gold and ivory
Origin of chryselephantine
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