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Originally appearing in Volume V25, Page 1058 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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STYLOBATE (Gr. rrf Xos, a column, and 00. ns, a base)

STYLOBATE (Gr. rrf Xos, a
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COLUMN (Lat. columna)
column, and 00. ns, a
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BASE
base) , the architectural

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TERM

term given to the upper step of the

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temple on which the columns

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REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest, and generally applied to the three steps .

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