Definition of "stained glass" [stained glass]

• Glass colored by mixing pigments inherently in the glass, by fusing colored metallic oxides onto the glass, or by painting and baking transparent colors on the glass surface. (noun)

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• "He designed the apse with its effective groinings, the stained glass of the chancel windows, the decorated ceiling, the stone pulpit, and the splendid Gothic vestments."
• "She imagined she was the very picture of the girl they had seen in the stained glass at the Eternal Edifice."
• "Shafts of colorful light from the stained glass windows danced across her face."