Definition of Caryatids

1. Noun. (plural of caryatid) ¹

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Definition of Caryatids

1. caryatid [n] - See also: caryatid

Lexicographical Neighbors of Caryatids

carvone
carvones
carvoxime
carvy
carwash
carwasher
carwashers
carwashes
carwashing
carwhichet
carwhichets
caryatic
caryatid
caryatides
caryatidlike
caryatids (current term)
caryinite
caryophyllaceous
caryophyllaceous plant
caryophyllene
caryophyllene cyclase
caryophyllenes
caryophylliid
caryophylliids
caryophyllin
caryophylloid dicot family
caryophylloid dicot genus
caryophyllous
caryophyllus
caryopilite

Literary usage of Caryatids

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Avgvstvs Saint-Gavdens; Biography Exhibition of His Works and Memorial by Glenn Brown, American Institute of Architects, H. Aspet, Corcoran Gallery of Art (1908)
"9 95 96 98 caryatids for Residence of Cornelius Vanderbilt - - - - 30, ... 10 caryatids — Albright Art Gallery ........ ||Qa Chapín, Edwin Hubbell . ..."

2. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner (1896)
"BALLADE ON THE MYSTERIOUS HOSTS OF THE FOREST From <The caryatids ' STILL sing the mocking fairies, as of old, Beneath the shade of thorn and holly-tree; ..."

3. Papers of the British School at Rome by British School at Rome (1904)
"... since it served as a model for the caryatids of the Stanza d'Eliodoro. This is proved by the exact correspondence between the architectural mouldings ..."

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