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Webster 1913 Edition
Caryatid
{
Carˊy-at′ic
,Carˊy-at′id
, }Adj.
Of or pertaining to a caryatid.
Carˊy-at′id
,Noun.
pl.
Caryatids
(#)
. [See
Caryatides
.] (Arch.)
A draped female figure supporting an entablature, in the place of a column or pilaster.