MEANING
An ornament placed at the apex or corners of a classical pediment.
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- roof acroterion
- stone acroterion
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A stone acroterion survived at the pediment’s peak.
The fallen acroteria had once crowned the temple.
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- acroterion
Usage notes
Primary category: architecture. Forms: Singular acroterion; plural acroteria. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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