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order

11 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. order (noun)
  2. order in council
  3. colossal order (noun)
  4. money order (noun)
  5. pecking order (noun)
  6. Calatrava, Order of
  7. Garter, (The Most Noble) Order of the
  8. Knights of Malta
  9. Legion of Honour
  10. parliamentary procedure
  11. Teutonic Order

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Capital styles for the five major orders of Classical architecture.—© Merriam-Webster Inc.

In Classical architecture, any of several styles defined by the particular type of column, base, capital, and entablature they use. There are five major orders: Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian (all developed in Greece), and Tuscan and Composite (developed in Rome). The form of the capital is an order's most distinguishing characteristic. Both the Doric and Ionic orders originated in wooden temples. The Doric is squat and simple. The Ionic, distinguished by the scrolls, or volutes, on its capital, resembles a capital I. The Corinthian capital is more ornate, with carved acanthus leaves and scrolls. The Romans modified the Greek orders to produce the Tuscan (a simplified form of the Doric) and Composite (a combination of the Ionic and Corinthian) orders. See also colossal order.

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