acroterion
Americannoun
plural
acroteriaEtymology
Origin of acroterion
< Greek akrōtḗrion topmost part, extremity, equivalent to akrō- acro- + -tērion suffix designating a place for
Example Sentences
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They may glance up and catch sight of the acroterion on the roof.
From The Guardian
The pediment is surmounted by an acroterion, consisting of a palmette between two large volutes, which are for the most part restorations.
From Project Gutenberg
On each side of the acroterion is an architectonic female figure, treated in the same designedly archaic style as the figure of Athen�.
From Project Gutenberg
The acroterion, which originally surmounted the east pediment, was larger and more important than that of the west.
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The figures which stood on each side of the east acroterion, are shown by the surviving fragments to have been similar to those of the western end, but were on a rather larger scale.
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