In dictionaries:
magnum opus
Greatest work of someone's career.
Opus Dei
Catholic institution focusing on holiness.
Opus number
Official numbering for composer's works.
opus sectile
Artistic arrangement of cut materials.
opus magnum
Alternative form of magnum opus [A great or important work of literature, music or art, a masterpiece.]
opus incertum
Ancient Roman random masonry technique.
marmoratum opus
Ancient artistic technique using marble.
opus vermiculatum
Mosaic art using tiny tesserae.
opus anglicanum
Exquisite medieval English embroidery technique.
opus musivum
opus operatum
(religion) The spiritual effect in the performance of a religious rite which accrues from the virtue inherent in it, or by grace imparted to it, irrespective of the performer.
opus quadratum
(historical) An ancient Roman construction technique in which squared blocks of stone of the same height were set in parallel courses, most often without the use of mortar.
opus regulatum
the Latin name for the normal technique of Greek and Roman mosaic, made from tesserae that are larger than about 4 mm.
Opus reticulatum
(also known as reticulate work) a facing used for concrete walls in Roman architecture from about the first century BCE to the early first century CE.
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