pediment
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Her casket will be carried up the steps in front of the court, passing under the iconic words engraved on the pediment, “Equal Justice Under Law,” and placed in the court’s Great Hall.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 17, 2023
Unfortunately for the cause of intelligent discourse, his statement was erected upon a pediment of lies.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 29, 2023
Well, I knew that the Parthenon has a pediment, but I didn’t know that’s what the decorative molding atop a doorway — even a doorway in a suburban Colonial — is called.
From Washington Post • Sep. 12, 2021
Until we had to replace our pediment and pilasters, I didn’t know what they were.
From Washington Post • Sep. 12, 2021
Perhaps it was the style of column, or the pediment, or the proportions of the windows.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
Vocabulary lists containing pediment
Ancient Greece - Middle School and High School
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