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Originally appearing in Volume V01, Page 156 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ACROTERIUM (Gr. aKpwrijptov, the
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summit or vertex)  , inarchitecture, a statue or
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ornament of any
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kind placed on the
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apex of a
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pediment . The
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term is often restricted to the
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plinth, which forms the
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podium merely for the
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acroterium .

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