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Definition of Pedimented
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pedimented
Literary usage of Pedimented
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Foreign Topography; Or, An Encyclopedick Account, Alphabetically Arranged by Thomas Dudley Fosbroke (1828)
"A chair of white marble was placed in the portico on each side of the entrance.
The front was pedimented ; two ..."
2. The Ecclesiologist by Ecclesiological Society (1854)
"Externally the chancel has a pierced parapet, and pedimented buttresses, while
the nave has a simpler ridge-crest, and plain buttresses of great projection. ..."
3. The Architecture and Planning of Classical Moscow: A Cultural History by Albert J. Schmidt (1989)
"The courtyard facade was plainer, with pilasters substituted for porticoes;
however, a variety of round, curved, and pedimented windows characterized this ..."
4. The Architecture and Planning of Classical Moscow: A Cultural History by Albert J. Schmidt (1989)
"The courtyard facade was plainer, with pilasters substituted for porticoes;
however, a variety of round, curved, and pedimented windows characterized this ..."
5. Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Charles Knight (1840)
"It is on this account that the pseudo-prostyle or pedimented loggia of the Law
Institution looks like the facade of an Ionic temple in antis erected before ..."
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