RESPOND  , in See also:

• ARCHITECTURE (Lat. architectura, from the Gr. ap)(LTEKrwv, a master-builder)

architecture, the See also:

• TERM

term given to the ha.f-See also:

• PIER (older forms per or Pere, from Med. Lat. pera; the word for piers out of water. For river piers, where a firm, watertight is of obscure origin, and the connexion with Fr. Pierre, Lat. stratum is found at a moderate depth below the river-bed, the pctr

pier or semi-detached See also:

• COLUMN (Lat. columna)

column at the end of a range of piers or columns carrying an See also:

• ARCHITRAVE (from Lat. arcus, an arch, and trabs, trabem, a beam)

architrave or See also:

• ARCADE

arcade . In See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek temples the respond is known as the anta . The term is also given to the See also:

• WALL (O. Eng. weal, weall, Mid. Eng. wal, wane, adapted from Lat. vallum, rampart; the original O. Eng. word for a wall was wag or tenth)
• WALL, RICHARD (1694-1778)

wall See also:

• PILASTER (Fr. pilastre, med. Lat. pilastrum, from pila, a pillar)

pilaster which in See also:

• ROMAN

Roman and See also:

• RENAISSANCE, THE

Renaissance See also:

• WORK

work is frequently placed behind the detached columns forming the decoration of a wall .