CLASSICAL ARCHITECTURE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does classical architecture mean? 

• CLASSICAL ARCHITECTURE (noun)
  The noun CLASSICAL ARCHITECTURE has 1 sense:

1. architecture influenced by the ancient Greeks or Romans

  Familiarity information: CLASSICAL ARCHITECTURE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CLASSICAL ARCHITECTURE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Architecture influenced by the ancient Greeks or Romans

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

classical architecture; Greco-Roman architecture

Hypernyms ("classical architecture" is a kind of...):

architectural style; style of architecture; type of architecture (architecture as a kind of art form)

Domain member category:

cyma; cymatium ((architecture) a molding for a cornice; in profile it is shaped like an S (partly concave and partly convex))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "classical architecture"):

Greek architecture (the architecture of ancient Greece)

Roman architecture (the architecture of ancient Rome)