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Webster 1913 Edition


Architecture

Ar′chi-tecˊture

(?; 135)
,
Noun.
[L.
architectura
, fr.
architectus
: cf. F.
architecture
. See
Architect
.]
1.
The art or science of building; especially, the art of building houses, churches, bridges, and other structures, for the purposes of civil life; – often called civil architecture.
Many other
architectures
besides Gothic.
Ruskin.
3.
Construction, in a more general sense; frame or structure; workmanship.
The
architecture
of grasses, plants, and trees.
Tyndall.
The formation of the first earth being a piece of divine
architecture
.
Burnet.
Military architecture
,
the art of fortifications.
Naval architecture
,
the art of building ships.

Webster 1828 Edition


Architecture

'ARCHITECTURE

,
Noun.
[L. architectura.]
1.
The art of building; but in a more limited and appropriate sense, the art of constructing houses, bridges and other buildings for the purposes of civil life.
2.
Frame or structure.
The earth is a piece of divine architecture.
Military architecture is the art of fortification.
Naval architecture is the art of building ships.

Definition 2024


architecturé

architecturé

See also: architecture

French

Verb

architecturé m (feminine singular architecturée, masculine plural architecturés, feminine plural architecturées)

  1. past participle of architecturer