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domical

[doh-mi-kuhl, dom-i-] / ˈdoʊ mɪ kəl, ˈdɒm ɪ- /






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In some bas-reliefs, buildings with roofs of a domical shape are represented.

From Architecture Classic and Early Christian by T. Roger (Thomas Roger) Smith

The nave is thus covered completely by a domical canopy, which, in its ascent, swells larger and larger, mounts higher and higher, as though a miniature heaven rose overhead.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 2 "Constantine Pavlovich" to "Convention" by Various

S. Mary Abchurch, is nearly square in plan, has no columns and is covered with a domical ceiling, but so skilfully treated that the effect is singularly pleasing.

From Our Homeland Churches and How to Study Them by Sidney Heath

The cover is slightly domical; upon it are two lambs, and between them a gemmed cross.

From The Shores of the Adriatic The Austrian Side, The Küstenlande, Istria, and Dalmatia by F. Hamilton (Frederick Hamilton) Jackson

The latter was a basilica; 515 while the church alluded to in the biography of S. Theodore was a domical building.

From Byzantine Churches in Constantinople Their History and Architecture by Alexander Van Millingen




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