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caryatid
[ kar-ee-at-id ]
noun
- a sculptured female figure used as a column. Compare atlas ( def 5 ).
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Derived Forms
- ˌcaryˈatidal, adjective
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Other Words From
- cary·ati·dal adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of caryatid1
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Word History and Origins
Origin of caryatid1
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Example Sentences
The caryatid form of pier is generally found, in temples, in the peristyles of the fore-courts or the hypostyles of the pronaos.
Then he noticed Alicia, sitting motionless in her seat, just as he had left her, with the expressionless face of a caryatid.
It stood probably in the portico and may have served as a Caryatid.
The famous caryatid porch faces the south, looking toward the Parthenon.
Observe beneath these rags those caryatid bodies, those austere faces!
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