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Date: 1600-1700
Language: Late Latin
Origin: pictorius, from Latin pictor 'painter', from pictus; PICTURE1

pictorial

 adjective
     
pic‧to‧ri‧al
using or relating to paintings, drawings, or photographs:
a pictorial record of their journey
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