acroterium
[ak-ruh-teer-ee-uh m]
- a pedestal for a sculpture or ornament at each base or at the apex of a pediment.
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Mr. Failing, who was sitting alone in the garden too ill to read, heard a shout, "Am I an acroterium?"
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