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caryatid

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The caryatid form of pier is generally found, in temples, in the peristyles of the fore-courts or the hypostyles of the pronaos.

Then he noticed Alicia, sitting motionless in her seat, just as he had left her, with the expressionless face of a caryatid.

It stood probably in the portico and may have served as a Caryatid.

The famous caryatid porch faces the south, looking toward the Parthenon.

Observe beneath these rags those caryatid bodies, those austere faces!

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On this page you'll find 27 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to caryatid, such as: monument, brace, buttress, colonnade, cylinder, and mast.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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