Corinthian order

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Corinthian order (plural Corinthian orders)

  1. (architecture) One of the three canonical classical orders of pillars, describing sleek pillars with foliate capitols and small volutes.
    • 1958 October, “Liverpool to London in 1842”, in Railway Magazine, page 679:
      After this, perhaps, the next most imposing structure in Liverpool is the railway station; it is built of stone, richly ornamented with thirty-six columns of the Corinthian order.

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