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DORIC ORDER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Doric order mean?
• DORIC ORDER (noun)
The noun DORIC ORDER has 1 sense:
1. the oldest and simplest of the Greek orders and the only one that normally has no base
Familiarity information: DORIC ORDER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The oldest and simplest of the Greek orders and the only one that normally has no base
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
Dorian order; Doric order
Hypernyms ("Doric order" is a kind of...):
order ((architecture) one of original three styles of Greek architecture distinguished by the type of column and entablature used or a style developed from the original three by the Romans)
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