Corinthian orders
Corinthian orders is the plural of Corinthian order.
Meaning of Corinthian order
Noun
Corinthian order (plural Corinthian orders)
- One 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, “Liverpool to London in 1842”, in Railway Magazine, page 679
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- Corinthian orders is the plural of Corinthian order.
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