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IONIC ORDER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Ionic order mean?
• IONIC ORDER (noun)
The noun IONIC ORDER has 1 sense:
1. the second Greek order; the capital is decorated with spiral scrolls
Familiarity information: IONIC ORDER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The second Greek order; the capital is decorated with spiral scrolls
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Synonyms:
Ionian order; Ionic order
Hypernyms ("Ionic 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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