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Definition of Facade

1. Noun. The face or front of a building.

2. Noun. A showy misrepresentation intended to conceal something unpleasant.

Definition of Facade

1. Noun. The face of a building, especially the front. ¹

2. Noun. (figuratively) A deceptive outward appearance. ¹

3. Noun. (architecture) The face of a building, especially the front view or elevation. ¹

4. Noun. (context: by extension) The face or front (most visible side) of any other thing, such as an organ. ¹

5. Noun. (figuratively) A deceptive outward appearance; a front. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Facade

1. the front of a building [n -S]

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Literary usage of Facade

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

1. A History of Architecture by Russell Sturgis, Arthur Lincoln Frothingham (1915)
"There is a record of the facade of a church destroyed at the French Revolution ... It is the facade of St. Nicaise at Reims, a church built by the architect ..."

2. Architecture and Urbanization in Colonial Chiapas, Mexico by Sidney David Markman (1984)
"ice of Construction ations of how the plan of the church evolved during rse of construction are seen in the following places: ind nave; facade and stair ..."

3. A History of Architecture by Russell Sturgis, Arthur Lincoln Frothingham (1915)
"The spires of the transepts and the crossing were of wood and lead and were burned in 1481: those of the towers on the western facade were never built. ..."

4. Incidents of Travel in Yucatan by John Lloyd Stephens (1848)
"This building is one hundred and fifty-one feet front, and the moment we saw it we were struck with the extraordinary richness and ornament of its facade. ..."

5. A Text-book of the History of Architecture by Alfred Dwight Foster Hamlin (1902)
"The front of Milan cathedral (soon to be replaced by a new facade), shows a mixture of Gothic and Renaissance forms. Ferrara Cathedral, although internally ..."

6. Monuments of the Early Church by Walter Lowrie (1901)
"of the principle, however, was acknowledged by the fact that the facade was ... It has to be remembered that, while the facade was freely visible from the ..."

7. A History of Architecture in All Countries: From the Earliest Times to the by James Fergusson (1873)
"Portion of the facade of the Palace of the Caserta at Naples .. .. 143 77. ... View of the external facade of the Alcazar at Toledo .. .. 171 94. ..."

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