uraniscus

 [yoor-uh-nis-kuhs]  

u·ra·nis·cus

   [yoor-uh-nis-kuhs]
noun, plural u·ra·nis·ci  [-nis-ahy] . Architecture.
a starlike ornament, as in a coffer of a ceiling.
Origin:
< Greek ouranískos ceiling, equivalent to ouran(ós) heaven + -iskos diminutive suffix
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Uraniscus is always a great word to know.
So is capital. Does it mean:
the distinctively treated upper end of a column
a vault with a circular plan and usually in the form of a portion of a sphere
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