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ROMANESQUE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A style of architecture developed in Italy and western Europe between the Roman and the Gothic styles after 1000 AD; characterized by round arches and vaults and by the substitution of piers for columns and profuse ornament and arcades
Synonyms:
Romanesque; Romanesque architecture
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("Romanesque" is a kind of...):
architectural style; style of architecture; type of architecture (architecture as a kind of art form)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Romanesque"):
Norman architecture (a Romanesque style first appearing in Normandy around 950 AD and used in Britain from the Norman Conquest until the 12th century)
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