orthostat

[ awr-thuh-stat ]

noun
  1. (in a classical temple) any of a number of large stone slabs revetting the lower part of the cella.

Origin of orthostat

1
1905–10; <Greek orthostátēs, equivalent to ortho-ortho- + státēs that stands; see -stat

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