stained glass

noun

: glass colored or stained (as by fusing metallic oxides into it) for decorative applications (as in windows)

Examples of stained glass in a Sentence

a cathedral with beautiful stained glass windows
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Alessandra Tarantino / Pool via APA sculpture of 19th century Archbishop Marie-Dominique-Auguste Sibour next to stained glass windows. Chantal Da Silva, NBC News, 8 Dec. 2024 The following year in 2022, expert glassmakers and locksmiths from all across the country — and even several from abroad — arrived to begin restoring the cathedral’s famous stained glass windows. Toria Sheffield, People.com, 7 Dec. 2024 The cathedral’s stained glass windows survived, too, along with the organ. Michael Kimmelman, New York Times, 6 Dec. 2024 In August, the National Commission on Heritage and Architecture unanimously opposed President Macron’s plans to replace stained glass windows in six chapels in the cathedral’s nave with more modern versions. Colette Davidson, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for stained glass 

Word History

First Known Use

1791, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of stained glass was in 1791

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“Stained glass.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stained%20glass. Accessed 25 Dec. 2024.

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stained glass

noun
: glass colored or stained for use in windows

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