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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
tableau /ˈtabləʊ/
noun (pl. tableaux /-ləʊz/ or tableaus) a group of models or motionless figures representing a scene.
– origin C17 (in the sense ‘picture, picturesque description’): from Fr., dimin. of table (see table).



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