Definition of Doric order

1. Noun. The oldest and simplest of the Greek orders and the only one that normally has no base.

Exact synonyms: Dorian Order
Generic synonyms: Order

Definition of Doric order

1. Noun. The least ornate of the three styles of classical Greek architecture. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Doric Order

Dorcas
Dorcha
Dorchester
Dordogne
Dore
Doreen
Dorello's canal
Dorendorf's sign
Dorey
Dorian
Dorian mode
Dorian order
Dorians
Doric
Doric order (current term)
Doricism
Doricisms
Dorick
Doriden
Dorinda
Doris
Doris Lessing
Doris May Lessing
Dorism
Dorisms
Dorking
Dorking fowl
Dorking fowls
Dormand-Prince method

Literary usage of Doric order

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

1. Travels in Italy, Greece and the Ionian Islands: In a Series of Letters by Hugh William Williams (1820)
"Observations on the Character and Expression of the Doric order. IN a conversation which I had with a celebrated person here, he seemed to be of opinion ..."

2. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1905)
"TABLE OF THE Doric order-PLATES VII, Vili, IX, AND XiD equals' height of Frieze, height of Cornice. projection of Corona (Denticulated). projection of ..."

3. Cyclopedia of Architecture, Carpentry, and Building: A General Reference by American Technical Society (1916)
"... Parallel of the Orden—Tu-can Onl«—Entablature and Details-Doric order. ... Tu-can Order over Arcada—Doric Gallery with Archea — Doric order over ..."

4. London: Being an Accurate History and Description of the British Metropolis by David Hughson (1808)
"It is of the Doric order; the profile imitated from that of the theatre of Marcellus at Rome. " THE TEMPLE OF EOLUS, like that of Pan, ..."

5. Discourses on Architecture by Eugène-Emmanuel Viollet-le-Duc (1875)
"If the Doric order is grave and simple in its general composition, this expression extends to the least details, and the effect is obtained by the outlines, ..."

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