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Petrifaction

noun
1.
The process of turning some plant material into stone by infiltration with water carrying mineral particles without changing the original shape.  Synonym: petrification.
2.
A rock created by petrifaction; an organic object infiltrated with mineral matter and preserved in its original form.





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... struggles against science as soon as it contradicts traditional conceptions, and to the Protestant, who strives to bring his religious beliefs into accordance with his scientific knowledge, the Russian Church may seem to resemble an antediluvian petrifaction, or a cumbrous line-of-battle ship that has been long stranded. It must be confessed, however, that the serene inactivity for which she is distinguished has had very valuable practical consequences. The Russian clergy have neither that haughty, aggressive ...
— Russia • Donald Mackenzie Wallace


Words linked to "Petrifaction" :   stone, rock, petrification, petrify, fossilisation, fossilization


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