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Originally appearing in Volume V25, Page 929 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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TERM

term in See also:

Greek See also:

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

architecture (See also:

LAT

Lat. porticus) given to a See also:

BUILDING

building, the roof of which is supported by one or more rows of columns, the stoai at See also:

Elis described by See also:

PAUSANIAS

Pausanias being important examples .

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