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Attic order

British

noun

a low pilaster of any order set into the cornice of a building

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Attic order

An Attic order is an inferior order of architecture, used over the principal order of a building.

From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Saint Paul An Account of the Old and New Buildings with a Short Historical Sketch by Dimock, Arthur

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