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Synonyms for caryatid

Grammar : Noun
Spell : kar-ee-at-id
Phonetic Transcription : ˌkær iˈæt ɪd

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Définition of caryatid

Origin :
  • "carved female figure used as a column," 1560s, from Middle French cariatide, from Latin caryatides, from Greek Karyatides (singular Karyatis) "priestesses of Artemis at Caryae" (Greek Karyai), a town in Laconia where dance festivals were held in Artemis' temple.
  • As in column : noun pillar
Example sentences :
  • The one on this side is resigned, and as beautiful as a caryatid.
  • Extract from : « Rodin: The Man and his Art » by Judith Cladel
  • She stands in the field like a caryatid, like a symbol of fertile nature.
  • Extract from : « The History of Modern Painting, Volume 2 (of 4) » by Richard Muther
  • I do not know its history, though some one assured me that it was a caryatid.
  • Extract from : « The Near East » by Robert Hichens
  • It stood probably in the portico and may have served as a Caryatid.
  • Extract from : « Problems in Periclean Buildings » by G. W. Elderkin
  • A restricted use of the Caryatid Porch is a certain inference from the following facts.
  • Extract from : « Problems in Periclean Buildings » by G. W. Elderkin
  • A procession moving from the Propylaea to the Caryatid Porch had exactly the background of the sculptured figures.
  • Extract from : « Problems in Periclean Buildings » by G. W. Elderkin
  • In a word the Caryatid Porch is not an arbitrary creation but is related in thought to the cult of the temple.
  • Extract from : « Problems in Periclean Buildings » by G. W. Elderkin
  • Caryatid, kar-i-at′id, n. a female figure used instead of a column to support an entablature:—pl.
  • Extract from : « Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) » by Various
  • She upheaved the heavy flour-sack to the same secure shelf with the upraised palms of an Egyptian caryatid.
  • Extract from : « Mr. Jack Hamlin's Mediation and Other Stories » by Bret Harte
  • Then he noticed Alicia, sitting motionless in her seat, just as he had left her, with the expressionless face of a caryatid.
  • Extract from : « The Enemies of Women » by Vicente Blasco Ibez
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