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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Having a recessed portico with a row of columns between the antae, as in some Greek temples.
- adjective Of or being the portico or columns in such an arrangement.
from The Century Dictionary.
- In classical arch., between antæ or pilasters: a phrase noting porticoes or buildings without a peristyle, of which the side walls are prolonged beyond the front, forming antæ, which with columns between them support an entablature. See
anta .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- (Arch.) Between antæ; -- said of a portico in classical style, where columns are set between two antæ, forming the angles of the building. See
anta .
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- adverb architecture Between
antae ; said of aportico inclassical style, wherecolumns are set between two antae, forming theangles of thebuilding .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[From Latin in antīs, among the pilasters : in, in + antīs, ablative of antae, pilasters, antae.]
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