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Originally appearing in Volume V10, Page 376 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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FINIAL (a variant of " final "; See also:Lat. finis, end)  , an architectural See also:term for the termination of a See also:pinnacle, gable end, See also:buttress, or See also:canopy, consisting of a bunch of foliage, which bears a See also:close See also:affinity to the crockets (q.v.) See also:running up the gables, turrets or See also:spires, and in some cases may be formed by uniting four or more crockets together . Sometimes the term is in-correctly applied to a small pinnacle of which it is only the termination (see Era) .

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