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DORIC ORDER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The oldest and simplest of the Greek orders and the only one that normally has no base
Synonyms:
Dorian order; Doric order
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("Doric order" is a kind of...):
order ((architecture) one of original three styles of Greek architecture distinguished by the type of column and entablature used or a style developed from the original three by the Romans)