- CARYATIDES (FEMALE FIGURES USED INSTEAD COLUMNS)
- [NPR]CARYATIDES (-UM) (PL)
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CARYATIDES (FEMALE FIGURES USED INSTEAD COLUMNS)
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caryatid — caryatidal, adj. /kar ee at id/, n., pl. caryatids, caryatides / i deez /. Archit. a sculptured female figure used as a column. Cf. atlas (def. 5). [1555 65; < L Caryatides (sing. Caryatis) < Gk Karyátides columns shaped like women, lit., women… … Universalium
