tholobate

[ thol-uh-beyt ]

noun

, Architecture.

1. the substructure supporting a dome or cupola.

Word History and Origins

Origin of tholobate¹

1825–35; < Greek thólo ( s ) tholos + -batēs one that goes; stylobate

Example Sentences

Here the diameter decreases by the breadth of the gallery to 108 feet, and the Tholobate rises.

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