exedra
(in ancient Greece and Rome) a room or covered area open on one side, used as a meeting place.
a permanent outdoor bench, semicircular in plan and having a high back.
Origin of exedra
1- Also exhedra.
Other words from exedra
- ex·e·dral, adjective
Words Nearby exedra
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How to use exedra in a sentence
F, F, exedra in which there were seats for the philosophers to hold their conversations.
History of Sanitation | John Joseph CosgroveLounging on an exedra was a young woman in a woolen chiton, barefoot and trifling with the Greek ampyx that bound her golden hair.
The City of Delight | Elizabeth MillerLaodice flung her hands over her face and shrank in an agony of shame down upon the exedra.
The City of Delight | Elizabeth MillerThe exedra is also adorned with many other paintings and ornaments which it would be too long to describe.
Museum of Antiquity | L. W. YaggyThe large exedra at the southern side contains on the ground-floor a vast central saloon, and two side rooms.
Old Rome | Robert Burn
British Dictionary definitions for exedra
/ (ˈɛksɪdrə, ɛkˈsiː-) /
a building, room, portico, or apse containing a continuous bench, used in ancient Greece and Rome for holding discussions
an outdoor bench in a recess
Origin of exedra
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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