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Meanings of pediment in English

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Usage of pediment in English
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The group on the eastern pediment originally represented the birth of Minerva.
How to See the British Museum in Four Visits
2
The entrance was ornamented with double columns in bas-relief, and a pediment.
The Lands of the Saracen / Pictures of Palestine, Asia Minor, Si...
3
The pediment is flatter than of the Doric order, and more elaborate.
The Old Roman World : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilizati...
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One broken baluster is placed on the pediment like a fractured leg.
Les Misérables
5
It was a circular mortuary chapel, with carved pediment and iron-wrought gateway.
In and out of Three Normandy Inns
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Its marble base dropped-off; its pillars tottered; its pediment swayed to one side.
Their Silver Wedding Journey — Volume 3
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The Greek pediment was the only solid thing that subsisted in that fire.
The Belfry
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It is now roofed, and they are chiseling the bas-reliefs on the pediment.
A Residence in France / With an Excursion Up the Rhine, and a Se...
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With the frieze and the pediment-groups, however, the case is different.
A History of Greek Art / With an Introductory Chapter on Art in ...
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The pediment is flatter than that of the Doric order, and more elaborate.
Beacon Lights of History, Volume 03: Ancient Achievements
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The road led to a cave entrance dressed with a pediment and columns.
The Dargonesti (Elves of the Sea)
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Look at the Greek pediment inscribed upon the Roman pediment, and vice versâ.
Notre-Dame de Paris
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One cannot place a pediment when one has not yet laid the foundation.
Caleb's crossing
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This consisted of two pediment groups and twelve sculptured metopes, besides the acroteria.
A History of Greek Art / With an Introductory Chapter on Art in ...
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Over the lowest is a circular pediment, and above it the King's arms.
London in 1731
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He never stood on the pediment now, except for a bet.
The Longest Journey
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