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Definition of architecture
Thanks for using this online dictionary, we have been helping millions of people improve their use of the english language with its free online services. English definition of architecture is as below...
Architecture
(n.) The art or
science
of
building;
especially,
the art of
building
houses,
churches,
bridges,
and other
structures,
for the
purposes
of civil life; -- often
called
civil
architecture..
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Vignette
::
Vignette
(n.) A
running
ornament
consisting
of
leaves
and
tendrils,
used in
Gothic
architecture..
Building
::
Building
(n.) The art of
constructing
edifices,
or the
practice
of civil
architecture..
Dogtooth
::
Dogtooth
(n.) An
ornament
common
in
Gothic
architecture,
consisting
of
pointed
projections
resembling
teeth;
-- also
called
tooth
ornament..
Order
::
Order (n.) The
disposition
of a
column
and its
component
parts,
and of the
entablature
resting
upon it, in
classical
architecture;
hence (as the
column
and
entablature
are the
characteristic
features
of
classical
architecture)
a style or
manner
of
architectural
designing..
Alhambresque
::
Alhambresque
(a.) Made or
decorated
after the
fanciful
style of the
ornamentation
in the
Alhambra,
which
affords
an
unusually
fine
exhibition
of
Saracenic
or
Arabesque
architecture..
Corbel
::
Corbel
(n.) A
bracket
supporting
a
superincumbent
object,
or
receiving
the
spring
of an arch.
Corbels
were
employed
largely
in
Gothic
architecture..
Architecture
::
Architecture
(n.)
Construction,
in a more
general
sense;
frame or
structure;
workmanship..
Gothic
::
Gothic
(a.) Of or
pertaining
to a style of
architecture
with
pointed
arches,
steep
roofs,
windows
large in
proportion
to the wall
spaces,
and,
generally,
great
height
in
proportion
to the other
dimensions
--
prevalent
in
Western
Europe
from about 1200 to 1475 a. d. See
Illust.
of
Abacus,
and
Capital..
Acroterium
::
Acroterium
(n.) One of the small
pedestals,
for
statues
or other
ornaments,
placed
on the apex and at the basal
angles
of a
pediment.
Acroteria
are also
sometimes
placed
upon the
gables
in
Gothic
architecture..
Hagioscope
::
Hagioscope
(n.) An
opening
made in the
interior
walls of a
cruciform
church
to
afford
a view of the altar to those in the
transepts;
--
called,
in
architecture,
a
squint..
Pargeting
::
Pargeting
(n.)
Plasterwork;
esp.: (a) A kind of
decorative
plasterwork
in
raised
ornamental
figures,
formerly
used for the
internal
and
external
decoration
of
houses.
(b) In
modern
architecture,
the
plastering
of the
inside
of
flues,
intended
to give a
smooth
surface
and help the
draught..
Cavetto
::
Cavetto
(n.) A
concave
molding;
-- used
chiefly
in
classical
architecture.
See
Illust.
of
Column.
Lithic
::
Lithic
(a.) Of or
pertaining
to
stone;
as,
lithic
architecture..
Architect
::
Architect
(n.) A
person
skilled
in the art of
building;
one who
understands
architecture,
or makes it his
occupation
to form plans and
designs
of
buildings,
and to
superintend
the
artificers
employed..
Morisco
::
Morisco
(n.) A thing of
Moorish
origin;
as: (a) The
Moorish
language.
(b) A
Moorish
dance,
now
called
morris
dance.
Marston.
(c) One who
dances
the
Moorish
dance.
Shak. (d)
Moresque
decoration
or
architecture..
Ionic
::
Ionic (a.)
Pertaining
to the Ionic order of
architecture,
one of the three
orders
invented
by the
Greeks,
and one of the five
recognized
by the
Italian
writers
of the
sixteenth
century.
Its
distinguishing
feature
is a
capital
with
spiral
volutes.
See
Illust.
of
Capital..
Quaint
::
Quaint
(a.)
Curious
and
fanciful;
affected;
odd;
whimsical;
antique;
archaic;
singular;
unusual;
as,
quaint
architecture;
a
quaint
expression..
Romanesque
::
Romanesque
(a.)
Somewhat
resembling
the
Roman;
--
applied
sometimes
to the
debased
style of the later Roman
empire,
but esp. to the more
developed
architecture
prevailing
from the 8th
century
to the
12th..
Label
::
Label (n.) The name now
generally
given to the
projecting
molding
by the
sides,
and over the tops, of
openings
in
mediaeval
architecture.
It
always
has a
/quare
form, as in the
illustration..
Trophonian
::
Trophonian
(a.) Of or
pertaining
to
Trophonius,
his
architecture,
or his cave and
oracle..
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