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- noun Plural form of
semicolumn .
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Examples
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The body of this monument, we have already stated, is one solid mass of rock, as well as its semicolumns on each face; but the surmounting pyramid appears to be of masonry.
Palestine or the Holy Land From the Earliest Period to the Present Time Michael Russell 1814
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It has four semicolumns cut out of the same rock on each of its faces, with a pilaster at each angle, all of a mixed Ionic order, and ornamented in bad taste.
Palestine or the Holy Land From the Earliest Period to the Present Time Michael Russell 1814
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