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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 See also:
COLUMN (Lat. columna)
column, and 00. ns, a See also:
BASE
base) , the architectural See also:

TERM

term given to the upper step of the See also:

Greek See also:

temple on which the columns See also:

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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