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CLASSICAL ARCHITECTURE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Architecture influenced by the ancient Greeks or Romans

Synonyms:

classical architecture; Greco-Roman architecture

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("classical architecture" is a kind of...):

architectural style; style of architecture; type of architecture (architecture as a kind of art form)

Domain member category:

cyma; cymatium ((architecture) a molding for a cornice; in profile it is shaped like an S (partly concave and partly convex))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "classical architecture"):

Greek architecture (the architecture of ancient Greece)

Roman architecture (the architecture of ancient Rome)

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