dromicadj.
/ˈdrɒmɪk/ Of, pertaining to, or of the form of a race-course; applied to the basilican type of Eastern churches from its resemblance to the plan of a race-course.
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1850 J. M. Neale Hist. Holy Eastern Church i. ii. i. 170 There are many [Eastern churches] of the kind called dromic, or basilican, which exhibit the early Western arrangement.
1890 T. H. Huxley in 19th Cent. Nov. 770 Such megalithic edifices as the dromic vaults of Maes How and New Grange.
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ˈdromical adj.
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the world > space > shape > curvature > roundness > [adjective] > oval or elliptical
avelong1440
wrongc1440
oval1561
ellipsical1571
elliptical1656
round-long1663
elliptic1715
ovated1752
ovate1760
ovoid1776
ellipsoidal1831
dromic1850
oliviform1857
ellipsoid1861
vesical1865
dromical1875
1875 Encycl. Brit. III. 418/2 The basilican form, or, as it was then termed, dromical, from its shape being that of a race-course.
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