CORINTHIAN ORDER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Corinthian order mean? 

• CORINTHIAN ORDER (noun)
  The noun CORINTHIAN ORDER has 1 sense:

1. the last Greek order; similar to the Ionic order except the capital is decorated with carvings of acanthus leaves

  Familiarity information: CORINTHIAN ORDER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CORINTHIAN ORDER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The last Greek order; similar to the Ionic order except the capital is decorated with carvings of acanthus leaves

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("Corinthian order" is a kind of...):

order ((architecture) one of original three styles of Greek architecture distinguished by the type of column and entablature used or a style developed from the original three by the Romans)