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stoa
[ stoh-uh ]
noun
- Greek Architecture. a portico, usually a detached portico of considerable length, that is used as a promenade or meeting place.
stoa
/ ˈstəʊə /
noun
- a covered walk that has a colonnade on one or both sides, esp as used in ancient Greece
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Origin of stoa1
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Example Sentences
This portico became famous in Athens, and was called (Stoa)—-the Porch.
From this Stoa the school derived its name, the students being called the Stoics.
There is an evident development in the Roman law toward a more humane conception of slavery; this is due to the Stoa.
Many of his words have parallels in the Jewish literature as well as in the writings of the Stoa.
He founded his school a year or two before Zeno founded the Stoa, so that the two schools from the first ran parallel in time.
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