DORIC
\dˈɔːɹɪk], \dˈɔːɹɪk], \d_ˈɔː_ɹ_ɪ_k]\
Definitions of DORIC
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
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(architecture) oldest and simplest of the three orders of classical Greek architecture
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By Princeton University
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Pertaining to Doris, in ancient Greece, or to the Dorians; as, the Doric dialect.
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Belonging to, or resembling, the oldest and simplest of the three orders of architecture used by the Greeks, but ranked as second of the five orders adopted by the Romans. See Abacus, Capital, Order.
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Of or relating to one of the ancient Greek musical modes or keys. Its character was adapted both to religions occasions and to war.
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The Doric dialect.
By Oddity Software
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Belonging to, or resembling, the oldest and simplest of the three orders of architecture used by the Greeks, but ranked as second of the five orders adopted by the Romans. See Abacus, Capital, Order.
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Of or relating to one of the ancient Greek musical modes or keys. Its character was adapted both to religions occasions and to war.
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Pertaining to Doris, in ancient Greece, or to the Dorians; as, the dialect.
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The dialect.
By Noah Webster.
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The Doric dialect.
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Relating to or characteristic of the district of Doris, in ancient Greece. Dorian.
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Of or pertaining to Doric architecture, a style marked by strength and simplicity.
By James Champlin Fernald
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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Relating to Doris, in Greece. Doric order, the oldest, the strongest, and the simplest of the three Grecian orders of architecture; the second of the five orders, being that between the Tuscan and Tonic. Doric dialect, one of the five dialects used among the Greeks.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
