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- noun Plural form of
archway .
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Examples
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The mouldings of the capitals are carried through the jamb from end to end, and on the front of the piers between the archways is a curious moulding which resembles an undercut roll set up on end, and which has a capital as if it were a shaft.
Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Ripon A Short History of the Church and a Description of Its Fabric Cecil Walter Charles Hallett
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Let's leave aside that the first sentence in that passage says there were two "archways" and second says that there was one.
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Each of the three great archways from the main dome led to a golden colonnade.
GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011
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One Spanish revival home from 1932 is stuccoed with a red tiled roof and curved archways.
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It didn't occur to me to write about Carl until I had returned to the stone archways and constant bustle of campus and found myself frequently thinking back to my experiences in Rwanda and to Carl's story in particular.
Julia Lurie: Humanizing a Hero Julia Lurie 2011
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Diamond pillars rose all around them, and great archways formed to join them.
GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011
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Yangzhou is breathtakingly beautiful, all rippling canals, charmingly rickety bridges, anachronistic archways, cobbled streets, and a majestic Slender West Lake that rivals anything in Hangzhou China's most bankable asset for tourism in terms of sheer panoramic grandeur.
Chi Tung: China's Second Tier: Where Accidental Tourism Happens Chi Tung 2011
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Sangjo emerged from one of the nearby archways and glided placidly toward the trio.
GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011
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Yangzhou is breathtakingly beautiful, all rippling canals, charmingly rickety bridges, anachronistic archways, cobbled streets, and a majestic Slender West Lake that rivals anything in Hangzhou China's most bankable asset for tourism in terms of sheer panoramic grandeur.
Chi Tung: China's Second Tier: Where Accidental Tourism Happens Chi Tung 2011
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Walls solidified between archways, and beneath them, the sand became a floor as smooth as glass.
GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011
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