Doric Synonyms

dôrĭk, dŏr-
The dialect of Ancient Greek spoken in Doris
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. Doric dialect

Words Related to Doric

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. pilaster
  2. unfluted
  3. portico
  4. pediment

Doric Sentence Examples

  • On the inner side towards the Acropolis, this wall is faced with a portico of six Doric columns.

  • Fragments of Doric columns and foundations were discovered, probably intended for the temple begun by Peisistratus, the orientation of which differed slightly from that of the later structure.

  • The Temple of Peace is a building of the Roman period of the 2nd century B.C., with six Doric columns on the front, eight on the sides and none at the back; it was excavated in 1836 and is now entirely covered up. Traces of a Roman theatre and amphitheatre (?) have also been found.

  • The Monument (1677), Fish Street Hill, City, erected from the designs of Wren in commemoration of the great fire of 1666, is a Doric column surmounted by a gilt representation of a flaming urn.

  • Under the hill of Ascension are the remains of a temple, popularly called of Neptune, a very simple Doric structure, which still in its mutilated state presents some peculiarities of architecture.

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