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Literary notes about Plate (AI summary)

The word "plate" is deployed in literature with a remarkable versatility that spans the symbolic, the practical, and the illustrative. In religious texts, for example, a "plate" can denote divine favor or sacred veneration, as seen in passages where a plate on the forehead or of purest gold carries a spiritual significance ([1], [2], [3]). At the same time, everyday life is evoked through its use as a commonplace dining accessory that not only serves food but reflects cultural etiquette and domestic rituals ([4], [5], [6]). Moreover, the term appears in technical and illustrative contexts, where plates refer to printed diagrams, illustrations, or even architectural details like plate-glass windows ([7], [8], [9], [10], [11]). This multiplicity of meanings enriches its literary function, allowing the same word to traverse diverse genres and settings with both tangible and metaphorical resonance.
  1. And the plate shall be always on his forehead, that the Lord may be well pleased with them.
    — from The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete
  2. They made also the plate of sacred veneration of the purest gold, and they wrote on it with the engraving of a lapidary: The Holy of the Lord: 39:30.
    — from The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete
  3. Thou shalt make also a plate of the purest gold: wherein thou shalt grave with engraver's work, Holy to the Lord.
    — from The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete
  4. Never pile up the food on your plate.
    — from The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness by Florence Hartley
  5. Some place a small, fragrant bouquet before the plate of each guest.
    — from The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness by Florence Hartley
  6. With the meats have vegetables served on a separate plate, that the guest may take as much as he wishes with meat.
    — from The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness by Florence Hartley
  7. The accompanying photograph (Plate V. fig.
    — from The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals by Charles Darwin
  8. For this purpose we need only place some water in a little cup under the receiver of the air-pump ( Plate V. fig.
    — from The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America by Thomas Jefferson
  9. Plate 26.—Fig
    — from Malay Magic by Walter William Skeat
  10. Locomotives appear in the arms of Swindon (Plate VI.) and the Great Central Railway (Fig. 555).
    — from A Complete Guide to Heraldry by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies
  11. Its windows were of huge plate glass.
    — from Sister Carrie: A Novel by Theodore Dreiser

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