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noun
The top step of the crepidoma, i.e. the platform upon which the superstructure of the building is erected.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Classical, Greek
Topics: architecture
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Borrowed from Latin stylobata, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek στυλοβάτης (stulobátēs), from στῦλος (stûlos, “pillar”) + βαίνω (baínō, “to go, to walk”).
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