英语词汇“exedra”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	exedra
释义	‖ exedra, exhedra\|ˈɛksɪdrə, ɛkˈsiːdrə\| Pl. 8–9 exedræ, -hedræ. [a. L. exedra, f. Gr. ἐξ- (see ex- prefix²) + ἕδρα a sitting place. Cf. F. exèdre.] 1. Anc. Arch. a. ‘The portico of the palæstra or gymnasium in which disputations of the learned were held among the ancients; also, in private houses, the pastas or vestibule, used for conversation’ (Parker Gloss. Archit. 1874). 1706Phillips (ed. Kersey), Exedræ.1832Gell Pompeiana I. vi. 90 The vestibulum and the exedra.1841W. Spalding Italy & It. Isl. I. 189 Exedræ, the usual scenes of the afternoon slumber.1858R. A. Vaughan Ess. & Rev. I. 5 He sees them..sitting in the shady retirement of the exhedra, discussing their theories. b. = apsis 3 b (a): cf. cathedra. 1725tr. Dupin's Eccl. Hist. 17th c. I. v. 69 The Preacher was plac'd in a Chair lifted up, which the ancients called..Exedra.1842–76Gwilt Archit. Gloss. s.v. Apsis, The bishop's throne..was sometimes called exhedra.1875Parker Gloss. Archit., Exedra, used as synonymous with Cathedra, for a throne or seat of any kind. 2. (See quots.) 1850Weale Dict. Terms, Exedra..a by-place, or jutty.1875Parker Gloss. Archit., Exedra or Exhedra, a recess or large niche in a wall..sometimes applied to a porch or chapel which projects from a larger building.
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