All 9 Uses

ornate
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Angels & Demons
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He stared at the ornate lettering in disbelief.†
Chpt 1 *

ornate = having lots of decorative detail
It had a red brick facade, an ornate balustrade, and sat framed by sculpted symmetrical hedges.†
Chpt 8
An ornate hallway.†
Chpt 11-12
Ornate and impeccably furnished, the hallways contained paintings Langdon was certain any museum worldwide would gladly have featured in its main gallery.†
Chpt 35-36
Langdon could see that the top sheet was an ornate pen and ink cover sheet with the title, the date, and Galileo's name in his own hand.†
Chpt 51-52
He studied the ornate hand etching of the cover, his vision blurring in the lack of humidity.†
Chpt 51-52
He motioned to a particularly ornate funerary across the dome and to the left.†
Chpt 61-62
Langdon didn't know whether it was the docent's words or the ornate tombs around them that brought the revelation to mind, but it didn't matter.†
Chpt 61-62
When churches honored their most distinguished members with ornate tombs inside the sanctuary, surviving family members often demanded the family be buried together ....thus ensuring they too would have a coveted burial spot inside the church.†
Chpt 61-62

Definitions:

(1) (ornate)
highly decorative or elaborate in style — whether in appearance (with lots of detail) or in language that sounds flowery and overly complicated
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)