calligraphy

1. (uncountable) The art or practice of writing letters and words in a decorative style; the letters and words so written.Examples: "This paper will explore the role of calligraphy on three royal mosques built during the reign of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan (1628-1658):[…]."; "There is, however, a temporal separation between the earthly crystallization of Quranic calligraphy and the advent of the Quranic revelation."; "Calligraphy, however, can seem like a live concert recording with a shallow, raw sound and awkward "accidentals." But calligraphy has grown on me, and a distinction must be made between the calligraphy of high school diplomas and that of experts whose work is often breathtakingly beautiful."uncountable

2. (countable) Any such style of decorative writing.Examples: "Around the corner, at Goedhuis, among more contemporary calligraphies, the fat and fuzzy brushwork of Zeng Yizeng (born 1973) stands out."countable

3. (countable) A document written in decorative style.Examples: "2004, Diana J, Mukpo, Carolyn Rose Gimian (editors), Chogyam Trungpa, The Collected Works of Chogyam Trungpa, Volume 7, page 169, Only a small number of Trungpa Rinpoche's calligraphies have been reproduced heretofore, some in very limited editions."countable