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ex⋅e⋅dra

  [ek-si-druh, ek-see-]
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–noun, plural ex⋅e⋅drae  [ek-si-dree, ek-see-dree] .
1. (in ancient Greece and Rome) a room or covered area open on one side, used as a meeting place.
2. a permanent outdoor bench, semicircular in plan and having a high back.
Also, exhedra.

Origin:
1700–10; < L: hall furnished with seats < Gk exédra (covered) walk with seats, equiv. to ex- ex- 3 + (h)édra seat, bench

Related forms:
ex⋅e⋅dral, adjective
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