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hemicycle|ˈhɛmɪsaɪk(ə)l|
Also 7 -cicle.
[a. F. hémicycle (1557 in Hatz.-Darm.), ad. L. hēmicyclium, a. Gr. ἡµικύκλιον, f. ἡµι- hemi + κύκλος circle.]
A half circle, semicircle; a semicircular structure, as an orchestra or apse-like recess.
1603B. Jonson King's Coron. Entertain. Wks. (Rtldg.) 531/2 Upon the right hand of her..in a hemicycle was seated Esychia, or Quiet. 1638Sir T. Herbert Trav. (ed. 2) 170 The scaberd of his sword was red..the blade formed like a hemi-cicle. c1790Cowper Notes P.L. i. 616 Thus forming themselves into a hemicycle or half moon figure, that all might hear him. 1861A. Beresford-Hope Eng. Cathedr. 19th C. 155 Earlier and larger churches seem to have been contented with the single hemicycle. |