PODIUM (Gr. lr66tov, diminutive of ?roils, foot)

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PODIUM (Gr. lr66tov, diminutive of ?roils, foot) , the name in

architecture

ARCHITECTURE (Lat. architectura, from the Gr. ap)(LTEKrwv, a master-builder)

for a continuous

pedestal

PEDESTAL (Fr. piedestal, Ital. piedestallo, foot of a stall)

, or low

wall

WALL (O. Eng. weal, weall, Mid. Eng. wal, wane, adapted from Lat. vallum, rampart; the
original
- ORIGINAL
O. Eng. word for a wall was wag or tenth)
WALL,
RICHARD
- RICHARD
- RICHARD (d. 1184)
- RICHARD, FRANCOIS
  MARIE
  - MARIE
  BENJAMIN (18,9-1908)
- RICHARD, HENRY (1812-1888)
- RICHARD, ST
(1694-1778)

on which columns are carried, consisting of a cornice or capping, a dado or die, and a moulded plinth. In the

Etruscan

ETRUSCAN

and

Roman

ROMAN

temples
the whole structure was raised on a podium, with a

flight

FLIGHT

of steps on the

principal

PRINCIPAL

front, enclosed between the prolongation of the podium

wall

WALL (O. Eng. weal, weall, Mid. Eng. wal, wane, adapted from Lat. vallum, rampart; the
original
- ORIGINAL
O. Eng. word for a wall was wag or tenth)
WALL,
RICHARD
- RICHARD
- RICHARD (d. 1184)
- RICHARD, FRANCOIS
  MARIE
  - MARIE
  BENJAMIN (18,9-1908)
- RICHARD, HENRY (1812-1888)
- RICHARD, ST
(1694-1778)

.

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