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Chaconne :: Chaconne (n.) An old Spanish dance in moderate three-four measure, like the Passacaglia, which is slower. Both are used by classical composers as themes for variations..

Classicalism :: Classicalism (n.) A classical idiom, style, or expression; a classicism..

Fret :: Fret (n.) An ornament consisting of smmall fillets or slats intersecting each other or bent at right angles, as in classical designs, or at obilique angles, as often in Oriental art..

Classic :: Classic (n.) One learned in the literature of Greece and Rome, or a student of classical literature..

Classicism :: Classicism (n.) A classic idiom or expression; a classicalism.

Wedge :: Wedge (n.) The person whose name stands lowest on the list of the classical tripos; -- so called after a person (Wedgewood) who occupied this position on the first list of 1828.

Classical :: Classical (n.) Conforming to the best authority in literature and art; chaste; pure; refined; as, a classical style..

Scotia :: Scotia (n.) A concave molding used especially in classical architecture.

Order :: Order (n.) The disposition of a column and its component parts, and of the entablature resting upon it, in classical architecture; hence (as the column and entablature are the characteristic features of classical architecture) a style or manner of architectural designing..

Architrave :: Architrave (n.) The lower division of an entablature, or that part which rests immediately on the column, esp. in classical architecture. See Column..

Base :: Base (a.) Not classical or correct.

Plinth :: Plinth (n.) In classical architecture, a vertically faced member immediately below the circular base of a column; also, the lowest member of a pedestal; hence, in general, the lowest member of a base; a sub-base; a block upon which the moldings of an architrave or trim are stopped at the bottom. See Illust. of Column..

Renaissance :: Renaissance (n.) The transitional movement in Europe, marked by the revival of classical learning and art in Italy in the 15th century, and the similar revival following in other countries..

Hades :: Hades (n.) The nether world (according to classical mythology, the abode of the shades, ruled over by Hades or Pluto); the invisible world; the grave..

Daisy :: Daisy (n.) A genus of low herbs (Bellis), belonging to the family Compositae. The common English and classical daisy is B. prennis, which has a yellow disk and white or pinkish rays..

In Antis :: In antis () Between antae; -- said of a portico in classical style, where columns are set between two antae, forming the angles of the building. See Anta..

Aegicrania :: Aegicrania (n. pl.) Sculptured ornaments, used in classical architecture, representing rams' heads or skulls..

Revive :: Revive (v. i.) Hence, to recover from a state of oblivion, obscurity, neglect, or depression; as, classical learning revived in the fifteenth century..

Humanity :: Humanity (n.) Mental cultivation; liberal education; instruction in classical and polite literature.

Classically :: Classically (adv.) In a classical manner; according to the manner of classical authors.

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