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Definition of Doric

1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to the Doric style of architecture.

Definition of Doric

1. a. Pertaining to Doris, in ancient Greece, or to the Dorians; as, the Doric dialect.

2. n. The Doric dialect.

Definition of Doric

1. Proper noun. An ancient Greek dialect spoken in ancient times. ¹

2. Proper noun. A dialect of Lowland Scots spoken in the northeast of Scotland. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Doric

1. 1. Pertaining to Doris, in ancient Greece, or to the Dorians; as, the Doric dialect. 2. Belonging to, or resembling, the oldest and simplest of the three orders of architecture used by the Greeks, but ranked as second of the five orders adopted by the Romans. See Abacus, Capital, Order. This order is distinguished, according to the treatment of details, as Grecian Doric, or Roman Doric. 3. Of or relating to one of the ancient Greek musical modes or keys. Its character was adapted both to religions occasions and to war. Origin: L. Doricus, Gr, fr. The Dorians. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

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Literary usage of Doric

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

1. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"Allusion has already been made to the well-known facade at Beni Hassan, on the Nile, as giving us a very likely prototype of the Grecian doric column. !t ..."

2. A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities by William Smith (1891)
"The date of this temple is probably about the middle or latter part of the 6th century Bc It should be observed that some temples of the doric style had ..."

3. The American Journal of Archaeology and of the History of the Fine Arts by Archaeological Institute of America (1885)
"ANCIENT CRUDE-BRICK CONSTRUCTION AND ITS INFLUENCE ON THE doric STYLE.1 One of the most interesting essays in classical archaeology, recently published in ..."

4. Vitruvius, the Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius Pollio (1914)
"Following in their steps, I have spoken above on the Ionic and Corinthian styles, and I shall now briefly explain the theory of the doric and its general ..."

5. A Grammar of Greek Art by Percy Gardner (1905)
"Both show a great influence of wooden construction; but while the doric belongs to ... Vitruvius speaks of the doric style, with its massive simplicity, ..."

6. Introduction to the Study of the Greek Dialects: Grammar, Selected by Carl Darling Buck (1910)
"Besides such hybrids, hyper-doric or hyper-Aeolic forms are occasionally met with in late inscriptions, though less often than in our literary texts. ..."

7. A History of Architecture by Russell Sturgis, Arthur Lincoln Frothingham (1906)
"CHAPTER VI METHODS OF CONSTRUCTION doric architecture is the result of life in a mountainous country not very fertile, not very thickly wooded at any time, ..."

8. A Short Manual of Comparative Philology for Classical Students by Peter Giles (1901)
"The doric in the choruses of Atti'- tragedy is purely conventional, and consists mostly in keeping original d instead of changing it as usually in Attic to ..."

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