Meanings
nounCorinthian order (plural Corinthian orders)
plural Corinthian orders
- architectureOne of the three canonical classical orders of pillars, describing sleek pillars with foliate capitols and small volutes.
After this, perhaps, the next most imposing structure in Liverpool is the railway station; it is built of stone, richly ornamented with thirty-six columns of the Corinthian order.
1958 October 28, “Liverpool to London in 1842”, in Railway Magazine, page 679
Translations
Hungarian korinthoszi oszloprend
- korinthoszi oszloprendone of the three canonical classical orders of pillars
Polish porządek koryncki
- porządek korynckione of the three canonical classical orders of pillars
Romanian ordin corintic
- ordin corinticone of the three canonical classical orders of pillars
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