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exedra
[ ek-si-druh, ek-see- ]
noun
, plural ex·e·drae [ek, -si-dree, ek-, see, -dree].
- (in ancient Greece and Rome) a room or covered area open on one side, used as a meeting place.
- a permanent outdoor bench, semicircular in plan and having a high back.
exedra
/ ˈɛksɪdrə; ɛkˈsiː- /
noun
- a building, room, portico, or apse containing a continuous bench, used in ancient Greece and Rome for holding discussions
- an outdoor bench in a recess
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- exe·dral adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of exedra1
C18: via Latin from Greek, from hedra seat
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Example Sentences
F, F, exedra in which there were seats for the philosophers to hold their conversations.
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Lounging on an exedra was a young woman in a woolen chiton, barefoot and trifling with the Greek ampyx that bound her golden hair.
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Laodice flung her hands over her face and shrank in an agony of shame down upon the exedra.
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The exedra is also adorned with many other paintings and ornaments which it would be too long to describe.
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The large exedra at the southern side contains on the ground-floor a vast central saloon, and two side rooms.
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