ROMANESQUE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Romanesque mean? 

• ROMANESQUE (noun)
  The noun ROMANESQUE has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: ROMANESQUE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ROMANESQUE (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

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Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

Romanesque; Romanesque architecture

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)