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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

Tableau, n.

noun

(tab-lō') (Synop., § 130), n.; pl. TAB-LEAUX' (tab-lōz'). [Fr., from Lat. tabula, a painting. See TABLE.]

  1. A striking and vivid representation; a picture.
  2. A list or catalogue. [Rare.]
  3. Especially, the representation of some scene by means of persons grouped in the proper manner, placed in appropriate postures, and remaining silent and perfectly still;—called also tableau vivant.