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Corinthian order en · NOUN

Meanings

1. One of the three canonical classical orders of pillars, describing sleek pillars with foliate capitols and small volutes.
   • After this, perhaps, the next most imposing structure in Liverpool is the railway station; it is built of stone, richly ornamented with thirty-six columns of the Corinthian order. 1958 October 14, “Liverpool to London in 1842”, in Railway Magazine, page 679:

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Translations (3)

hu korinthoszi oszloprend (one of the three canonical classical orders of pillars) · pl porządek koryncki (one of the three canonical classical orders of pillars) · ro ordin corintic (one of the three canonical classical orders of pillars)