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Webster 1913 Edition
Supercolumniation
Suˊper-co-lumˊni-a′tion
,Noun.
(Arch.)
The putting of one order above another; also, an architectural work produced by this method;
as, the putting of the Doric order in the ground story, Ionic above it, and Corinthian or Composite above this
. Definition 2024
supercolumniation
supercolumniation
English
Noun
supercolumniation (usually uncountable, plural supercolumniations)
- (architecture) The putting of one order above another.
- An example of supercolumniation would be the putting of the Doric order in the ground story, Ionic above it, and Corinthian or Composite above that.
- (architecture) An architectural work produced by this method.