Colonnade Definition

kŏlə-nād
colonnades
noun
colonnades
A series of columns set at regular intervals, usually supporting a roof or series of arches.
Webster's New World
A structure composed of columns placed at regular intervals.
American Heritage

Peristyle.

Wiktionary

Portico, stoa.

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Noun

Singular:
colonnade
Plural:
colonnades

Origin of Colonnade

  • French alteration of colonnate from Italian colonnato from colonna column from Latin columna kel-2 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From French colonnade.

    From Wiktionary

Colonnade Sentence Examples

  • H, Probable roof of the colonnade of wood, covered with beaten clay.

  • The Germans found remains of a Ptolemaic colonnade and streets in the north-east of the city, but little else.

  • He also encouraged architecture, and in particular constructed the beautiful colonnade in the piazza of St Peter's.

  • The sacred barks of the divinities preserved in the sanctuary of Karnak were then conveyed in procession by water to Luxor and back again; a representation of the festal scenes is given on the walls of the great colonnade.

  • To the east of the space in front of the temple was an oblong building of two chambers, with a colonnade on each side but not in front; this may have been the Prytaneum or some other official building; beyond it is the most interesting and characteristic of all the monuments of Delphi.

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Words Starting With

CCOCOL

Words Ending With

EDEADE

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Words Starting With C and Ending With E

Starts With C & Ends With EStarts With CO & Ends With EStarts With C & Ends With DE

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