Roman arch
Americannoun
noun
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Last year, the I.D.A. made headlines, and the cover of Newsweek, after it erected, in Trafalgar Square, a marble replica of a triumphal Roman arch in Palmyra, Syria—another icon destroyed by ISIS.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 20, 2016
You cannot evoke the past by simply taking historical symbols and using them as applique," he maintains."What does it mean to put a Roman arch over someone's house in Connecticut?
From Time Magazine Archive
Beside the Burj-ez-Zahir is a tunnel, faced by an unquestionable Roman arch.
From Jimgrim and Allah's Peace by Mundy, Talbot
It is a quaint, lost place, Rye—one of the old Cinque Ports; to enter it one passes under an ancient Roman arch; the nearest railroad is miles away.
From The Life of Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson by Sanchez, Nellie Van de Grift
In this building we find the Roman arch used in a variety of ways, while the dome itself is formed entirely of this arch used as the crowning work of the edifice.
From Our Homeland Churches and How to Study Them by Heath, Sidney
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