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.
- And the plate shall be always on his forehead, that the Lord may be well pleased with them.
— from The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Complete - 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 - 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 - Never pile up the food on your plate.
— from The Ladies' Book of Etiquette, and Manual of Politeness by Florence Hartley - 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 - 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 - The accompanying photograph (Plate V. fig.
— from The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals by Charles Darwin - 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 - Plate 26.—Fig
— from Malay Magic by Walter William Skeat - 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 - Its windows were of huge plate glass.
— from Sister Carrie: A Novel by Theodore Dreiser