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Definition of architecture
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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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Architecture
::
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..
Lotus
::
Lotus (n.) An
ornament
much used in
Egyptian
architecture,
generally
asserted
to have been
suggested
by the
Egyptian
water
lily..
Tuscan
::
Tuscan
(a.) Of or
pertaining
to
Tuscany
in
Italy;
--
specifically
designating
one of the five
orders
of
architecture
recognized
and
described
by the
Italian
writers
of the 16th
century,
or
characteristic
of the
order.
The
original
of this order was not used by the
Greeks,
but by the
Romans
under the
Empire.
See
Order,
and
Illust.
of
Capital..
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..
Cyclopean
::
Cyclopean
(a.)
Pertaining
to the
Cyclops;
characteristic
of the
Cyclops;
huge;
gigantic;
vast and
rough;
massive;
as,
Cyclopean
labors;
Cyclopean
architecture..
Elizabethan
::
Elizabethan
(a.)
Pertaining
to Queen
Elizabeth
or her
times,
esp. to the
architecture
or
literature
of her
reign;
as, the
Elizabethan
writers,
drama,
literature..
Quaint
::
Quaint
(a.)
Curious
and
fanciful;
affected;
odd;
whimsical;
antique;
archaic;
singular;
unusual;
as,
quaint
architecture;
a
quaint
expression..
Trophonian
::
Trophonian
(a.) Of or
pertaining
to
Trophonius,
his
architecture,
or his cave and
oracle..
Moresque
::
Moresque
(n.) The
Moresque
style of
architecture
or
decoration.
See
Moorish
architecture,
under
Moorish..
Finial
::
Finial
(n.) The knot or bunch of
foliage,
or
foliated
ornament,
that forms the upper
extremity
of a
pinnacle
in
Gothic
architecture;
sometimes,
the
pinnacle
itself..
Architectonic
::
Architectonic
(n.) The
science
of
architecture.
Palladian
::
Palladian
(a.) Of,
pertaining
to, or
designating,
a
variety
of the
revived
classic
style of
architecture,
founded
on the works of
Andrea
Palladio,
an
Italian
architect
of the 16th
century..
Lantern
::
Lantern
(n.) A cage or open
chamber
of rich
architecture,
open below into the
building
or tower which it
crowns..
Aegicrania
::
Aegicrania
(n. pl.)
Sculptured
ornaments,
used in
classical
architecture,
representing
rams' heads or
skulls..
Law
::
Law (n.) In arts,
works,
games,
etc.: The rules of
construction,
or of
procedure,
conforming
to the
conditions
of
success;
a
principle,
maxim;
or
usage;
as, the laws of
poetry,
of
architecture,
of
courtesy,
or of
whist..
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..
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..
Saracenical
::
Saracenical
(a.) Of or
pertaining
to the
Saracens;
as,
Saracenic
architecture..
Cavetto
::
Cavetto
(n.) A
concave
molding;
-- used
chiefly
in
classical
architecture.
See
Illust.
of
Column.
Portico
::
Portico
(n.) A
colonnade
or
covered
ambulatory,
especially
in
classical
styles
of
architecture;
usually,
a
colonnade
at the
entrance
of a
building..
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