bondieuserie

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UK/bɒnˈdɪəzəɹi/

noun

Any devotional ornament or church object, especially one having little artistic value; a religious knick-knack.

OriginFrench bondieuserie →
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Meanings

nounbondieuserie (plural bondieuseries)

plural bondieuseries

  1. Any devotional ornament or church object, especially one having little artistic value; a religious knick-knack.

    It is about eleven hundred years old, and though it is defaced by hideous bondieuseries of the modern Roman Catholic Church, it remains infinitely touching […].

    1942, Rebecca West, Black Lamb and Grey Falcon, Canongate, published 2006, page 160

Origin

  1. Frenchbondieuserie
  2. Frenchbondieuserie
  3. Englishbondieuserie

Borrowed from French bondieuserie.

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APA

bondieuserie. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bondieuserie

MLA

“bondieuserie.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bondieuserie. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bondieuserie,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bondieuserie.

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