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Definition of Cariatid

{ Car`y*at"ic (?), Car`y*at"id (?), } a. Of or pertaining to a caryatid.

Car`y*at"id (?), n.; pl. Caryatids (#). [See Caryatides.] (Arch.) A draped female figure supporting an entablature, in the place of a column or pilaster.

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

  • a sculpted female figure serving as an architectural element
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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