Palladian Definition

pə-lādē-ən
adjective
Of Pallas Athena.
Webster's New World
Of wisdom or learning.
Webster's New World
Of or in the classical Roman style of Andrea Palladio.
Webster's New World
Of or characteristic of an architectural style of the mid-1700s derived from that of Andrea Palladio, especially in Britain.
American Heritage

(mineralogy) Describing minerals containing tetravalent palladium.

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Origin of Palladian

  • From Latin Palladius from Greek Palladios from Pallas Pallad- Pallas Athena

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

Palladian Sentence Examples

  • It is a stone building in Palladian style, and contains a number of splendid paintings and much fine wood-carving.

  • The principal public building is the town hall, completed in 1863 after the designs of Sir Charles Barry; it is a handsome Palladian building with a tower.

  • Trinity College, or Dublin University, fronts the street with a Palladian façade (1759), with two good statues by Foley, of Goldsmith and Burke.

  • What Germany afterwards took of the Palladian manner was destined to reach it on a circuitous route from France.

  • The hall, converted into a royal chapel by George I., and now housing the museum of the Royal United Service Institution, the buildings of which adjoin it, is a fine specimen of Palladian architecture, and its ceiling is adorned with allegorical paintings by Rubens, restored and rehung in 1907.

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PPAPAL

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