entablature
Americannoun
noun
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the part of a classical temple above the columns, having an architrave, a frieze, and a cornice
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any construction of similar form
Etymology
Origin of entablature
1605–15; < Middle French < Italian intavolatura; in- 2, table, -ate 1, -ure
Vocabulary lists containing entablature
Ancient Greece - Middle School and High School
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Example Sentences
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Jefferson wrote his last letter to Hemings in August 1825, concerned mostly with the roof and interior entablature.
From Washington Post • Apr. 23, 2023
It is there as rustication and entablature — there, too, on one of the city’s main churches, Santo Domingo de Guzmán.
From New York Times • Nov. 11, 2021
There is an entablature of shingles resting on the board and batten siding, forming the interior walls.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 6, 2021
Bas reliefs on the entablature feature important thinkers such as Booker T. Washington and Frederick Douglass.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 14, 2021
Its base was a mammoth marble neoclassical museum, complete with Corinthian pillars and carved entablature.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
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