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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A classical order dating from late Roman times, formed by superimposing Ionic volutes on a Corinthian capital.
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- noun a Roman order that combines the Corinthian acanthus leaves with the spiral scrolls of the Ionic order
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