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Pre-Raphaelite

adj

Meaning

  1. Of or pertaining to the style called Pre-Raphaelitism.
  2. One who favors or practices art as it was before Raphael; one who favors or advocates Pre-Raphaelitism.
  3. A member of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, the group that founded the artistic movement.

Etymology / origin

From pre- + Raphael + -ite.

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