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a passage giving access to and from the seats in the cavea of a theatre or amphitheatre
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a covered walk or colonnade; also applied to a set of colonnades surrounding the area in which a building stands
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mixture of lime, sand and water, for joining stone or brick, concrete
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the main chamber of a temple, containing the cult statue
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a row of columns, usually fronting a covered walk
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the auditorium of a theatre or amphitheatre
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[literally ‘wedges’] the blocks of seats in a theatre or amphitheatre
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a semicircular recess in a wall [usually the end wall] of a building, often roofed with a half-dome
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having columns all round
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term applied to columns which partially project from a wall and are not freestanding
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the stage of a theatre; its front wall, above the orchestra
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the building [sometimes only a wall] at the back of a stage in a theatre
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a system of parts, including its proportions and the style of its decoration,originally developed in building the columns and entablatures of Greek temples.