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co⋅lum⋅ni⋅a⋅tion

  [kuh-luhm-nee-ey-shuhn]
–noun Architecture.
1. the employment of columns.
2. the system of columns in a structure.
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Origin:
1585–95; extracted from intercolumniation
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co·lum·ni·a·tion   (kə-lŭm'nē-ā'shən)   
n.   Architecture
The use or arrangement of columns in a building.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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