DORIC ORDER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Doric order mean? 

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

1. the oldest and simplest of the Greek orders and the only one that normally has no base

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• DORIC ORDER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The oldest and simplest of the Greek orders and the only one that normally has no base

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

Dorian order; Doric order

Hypernyms ("Doric 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)