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Originally appearing in Volume V23, Page 200 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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RESPOND , in

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

architecture, the

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TERM

term given to the ha.f-

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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

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COLUMN (Lat. columna)

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

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

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ARCADE

arcade . In

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

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

pilaster which in

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ROMAN

Roman and

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RENAISSANCE, THE

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WORK

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

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