Etymology

spolia

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Today it means: Old objects, artifacts, and/or sculptural elements reused in a later work of architecture. Full definition →

Latin spolia
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  1. Latin · borrowed fromspolia“spoils”
  2. English todayspolia

Latin spolia (“spoils”).

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