Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A usually curved outdoor bench with a high back.
- noun An often semicircular portico with seats that was used in ancient Greece and Rome as a place for discussions.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In ancient architecture, a raised platform with steps, in the open air, often by a roadside or in some other public place, provided with seats for the purpose of repose and conversation.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Class. Antiq.) A room in a public building, furnished with seats.
- noun The projection of any part of a building in a rounded form.
- noun Any out-of-door seat in stone, large enough for several persons; esp., one of curved form.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun architecture A
semicircular recess , with stonebenches , used as a place for discussion. - noun by extension A curved bench with a high back.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The "exedra" in the western bordering wall of the street.
Interactive Dig Sagalassos - N-S Colonnaded Street Report 3 2003
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Antonius chooses to compose his thoughts while walking in the portico. 111 Crassus, in contrast, retires to an exedra, where he devotes his midday respite to "the closest and most careful meditation."
Architecture and Memory: The Renaissance Studioli of Federico da Montefeltro 2008
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Along with the contemplative eddies in the medieval cathedral,30 intimate domestic settings modeled after the ancient Roman exedra and cubiculum — described by Vitruvius and Pliny and unearthed in the 1470s — provided prosthetic armatures for thought.
Architecture and Memory: The Renaissance Studioli of Federico da Montefeltro 2008
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Congressional hearings, testimony at covert activity and contacts death of in Delavan, Wisconsin difficulties of in getting paid escapes of, see escapes exedra of and fame fan mail to and fate films of financial struggle of and fistfighting and gambling in Garnett, Kansas gives documents to Hardeen injuries of insurance inventions
The Secret Life of Houdini William Kalush 2006
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But those quibbles apart, even old hands at the Capitoline Museum should try to take a look at the new exedra, and prepare – like the locals -- to be surprised.
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As a tribute to his parents, Houdini commissioned his friend Oscar Teale to design an extravagant exedra that used many tons of Vermont granite.
The Secret Life of Houdini William Kalush 2006
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Restoration drawing of a circular exedra and sarcophagus
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As a tribute to his parents, Houdini commissioned his friend Oscar Teale to design an extravagant exedra that used many tons of Vermont granite.
The Secret Life of Houdini William Kalush 2006
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Congressional hearings, testimony at covert activity and contacts death of in Delavan, Wisconsin difficulties of in getting paid escapes of, see escapes exedra of and fame fan mail to and fate films of financial struggle of and fistfighting and gambling in Garnett, Kansas gives documents to Hardeen injuries of insurance inventions
The Secret Life of Houdini William Kalush 2006
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In the eastern exedra, one of the slabs was absent, creating a gap of 0.70 by 0.90 meters.
Interactive Dig Sagalassos - N-S Colonnaded Street Report 3 2003
widdershins commented on the word exedra
In this Muslim world, this would be called a mihrab, or prayer niche.
December 22, 2007
qms commented on the word exedra
Do we have a word for the dread
That pangolins lurk in the shed,
Or spiny echidna
Invade the exedra
And cobras wait curled in the bed?
April 29, 2018