caryatid
noun
a sculptured female figure used as a column.
caryatides
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pluralof caryatid.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The caryatides of the Hôtel de Ville of Toulon, which have been brought to the Museum of Paris, attest a powerful chisel.
From Lectures on the true, the beautiful and the good by Victor Cousin
There are two beautiful caryatides by Vittoria and rich mural work by Battista Franco and De Moro.
From Italy, the Magic Land by Lilian Whiting
Sometimes these images were placed on the walls and used as caryatides.
From Religion and Lust or, The Psychical Correlation of Religious Emotion and Sexual Desire by James Weir
Sometimes the frieze is omitted, as in the entablature of the portico of the caryatides of the Erechtheum.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" by Various
Saint Michael, standing on top of a dejected and doubled-up dragon, looks down on figures that are crosses between respectable caryatides and disreputable mermaids.
From Cathedrals of Spain by John A.
