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Definition of classical

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Classical (n.) Of or pertaining to the ancient Greeks and Romans, esp. to Greek or Roman authors of the highest rank, or of the period when their best literature was produced; of or pertaining to places inhabited by the ancient Greeks and Romans, or rendered famous by their deeds..

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Attic :: Attic (a.) A low story above the main order or orders of a facade, in the classical styles; -- a term introduced in the 17th century. Hence:.

Portico :: Portico (n.) A colonnade or covered ambulatory, especially in classical styles of architecture; usually, a colonnade at the entrance of a building..

Classicalist :: Classicalist (n.) One who adheres to what he thinks the classical canons of art.

Romantic :: Romantic (a.) Of or pertaining to the style of the Christian and popular literature of the Middle Ages, as opposed to the classical antique; of the nature of, or appropriate to, that style; as, the romantic school of poets..

Aegicrania :: Aegicrania (n. pl.) Sculptured ornaments, used in classical architecture, representing rams' heads or skulls..

Architrave :: Architrave (n.) The lower division of an entablature, or that part which rests immediately on the column, esp. in classical architecture. See Column..

Fret :: Fret (n.) An ornament consisting of smmall fillets or slats intersecting each other or bent at right angles, as in classical designs, or at obilique angles, as often in Oriental art..

Academical :: Academical (a.) Belonging to an academy or other higher institution of learning; scholarly; literary or classical, in distinction from scientific..

Classicism :: Classicism (n.) A classic idiom or expression; a classicalism.

Pediment :: Pediment (n.) Originally, in classical architecture, the triangular space forming the gable of a simple roof; hence, a similar form used as a decoration over porticoes, doors, windows, etc.; also, a rounded or broken frontal having a similar position and use. See Temple..

Classical :: Classical (n.) Conforming to the best authority in literature and art; chaste; pure; refined; as, a classical style..

Classically :: Classically (adv.) In a classical manner; according to the manner of classical authors.

Attic :: Attic (a.) Of or pertaining to Attica, in Greece, or to Athens, its principal city; marked by such qualities as were characteristic of the Athenians; classical; refined..

Flute :: Flute (v. i.) A channel of curved section; -- usually applied to one of a vertical series of such channels used to decorate columns and pilasters in classical architecture. See Illust. under Base, n..

Base :: Base (a.) Not classical or correct.

Wedge :: Wedge (n.) The person whose name stands lowest on the list of the classical tripos; -- so called after a person (Wedgewood) who occupied this position on the first list of 1828.

Classically :: Classically (adv.) In the manner of classes; according to a regular order of classes or sets.

Revive :: Revive (v. i.) Hence, to recover from a state of oblivion, obscurity, neglect, or depression; as, classical learning revived in the fifteenth century..

Chaconne :: Chaconne (n.) An old Spanish dance in moderate three-four measure, like the Passacaglia, which is slower. Both are used by classical composers as themes for variations..

Romanticism :: Romanticism (n.) A fondness for romantic characteristics or peculiarities; specifically, in modern literature, an aiming at romantic effects; -- applied to the productions of a school of writers who sought to revive certain medi/val forms and methods in opposition to the so-called classical style..