STAGE (Fr. 6/age; from Lat. stare, to...
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Originally appearing in Volume
V25,
Page 759
of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
See also:STAGE (Fr. 6/See also:age; from See also:Lat. stare, to stand)
, in See also:architecture, an elevated See also:floor, particularly the various storeys of a See also:- BELL
- BELL, ALEXANDER MELVILLE (1819—1905)
- BELL, ANDREW (1753—1832)
- BELL, GEORGE JOSEPH (1770-1843)
- BELL, HENRY (1767-1830)
- BELL, HENRY GLASSFORD (1803-1874)
- BELL, JACOB (1810-1859)
- BELL, JOHN (1691-178o)
- BELL, JOHN (1763-1820)
- BELL, JOHN (1797-1869)
- BELL, ROBERT (1800-1867)
- BELL, SIR CHARLES (1774—1842)
bell-See also:tower, &c
.
The See also:term is also applied to the See also:plain parts of buttresses between cap and cap where they set back, or where they are divided by See also:horizontal strings and panelling
.
It is used, too, by See also:- WILLIAM
- WILLIAM (1143-1214)
- WILLIAM (1227-1256)
- WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
- WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
- WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
- WILLIAM, 13TH
William of See also:Worcester to describe the compartments of windows between See also:transom and transom, in contradistinction to the word See also:bay, which signifies a See also:division between See also:mullion and mullion (see See also:STOREY)
.
From the sense of the floor or See also:platform on which plays were acted the term came to signify both the See also:theatre (q.v.) and the See also:drama (q.v.)
.
And from its etymological meaning of a station comes the sense of a See also:place for See also:rest on a See also:journey, the distance between such places, &c
.
End of Article: STAGE (Fr. 6/age; from Lat. stare, to stand)
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