Corinthian
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- adjective
- /kəˈrɪnθiən/
- Specialized
:
corintio
- Over this tomb stands a towering Corinthian column with the name "Pullman" carved in its base.
- a Corinthian column
- a Corinthian capital
- a Corinthian pilaster
Examples
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A grand old mansion with Corinthian columns had been poignantly converted into a dry cleaner's.
Academic text (2004) -
Near the Customs House was the National City Bank, which reminded him of a Corinthian temple.
Fiction book (1996) -
And those are Corinthian capitals, as you can see down here.
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A walkway under massive Corinthian columns.
Fiction book (1996) -
Imagine being able to distinguish a Corinthian column from an Ionic or Doric column at the age of 12.
Academic text (2008) -
Lining the nave were twenty Corinthian pilasters supported on travertine bases.
Academic text (1994) -
To the Western eye, blue-domed roofs belong on French estates, stone turrets on castles, and white Corinthian columns on Greek temples.
Academic text (2010) -
The regiment drew itself up in companies facing the eight Corinthian columns and quadrangular dome of the École Militaire.
Fiction book (1992) -
But St. Peter's lacked the commanding presence of St. Joseph's with its grandiose neo-baroque structure, onion-shaped minarets, Corinthian columns, and five splendid altars.
Fiction book (1999) -
The museum's entrance features stunning Corinthian columns that draw visitors from afar.
Compounds
- Specialized
A style of ancient Greek columns that have decorated leaf-shaped tops
How Ornate
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Corinthian is the name of a classical column style that comes from the city Corinth, where the tops of the columns were decorated with 'acanthus' ('a kind of leaf'), so the word now means this ornate, leafy architectural style.