objet de vertu


objet de vertu

(ɒbˈʒeɪ də vɜːˈtuː) n, pl objets de vertu (ɒbˈʒeɪ də vɜːˈtuː) (Art Terms) an object of virtu. See virtu[French, coined by the British as a translation of object of virtu but literally meaning only "object of virtue"]