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 Latin form of Greek Chloē, CHLOE means "green shoot." In mythology, this is a surname of the goddess Demeter. In the New Testament bible, this name is mentioned by Paul in 1 Corinthians 1:11.
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Woman of Corinth.
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(Χλόη) Greek name CHLOĒ means "green shoot." In mythology, this is a surname of the goddess Demeter. In the New Testament bible, this name is mentioned by Paul in 1 Corinthians 1:11. Also spelled Khloe.
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(Ἀχαϊκός) Greek name ACHAÃKOS means "belonging to Achaia," a maritime region of northern Peloponnesus. In the bible, this is the name of a Christian who, together with Fortunatus and Stephanos, carried a letter from the Corinthians to Paul and back again.Â
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(ΦοÏτουνάτος) Greek form of Latin Fortunatus, PHORTOUNATOS means "fortunate; happy; well freighted." In the bible, this is the name of a man who, along with Achaïkos and Stephanos, carried a letter from the Corinthians to Paul and back again.
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Pertaining to Corinth.
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Of or pertaining to an amateur sailor or yachtsman; as, a corinthian race (one in which the contesting yachts must be manned by amateurs.)
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A spiral scroll which forms the chief feature of the Ionic capital, and which, on a much smaller scale, is a feature in the Corinthian and Composite capitals. See Illust. of Capital, also Helix, and Stale.
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A gay, licentious person.
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An ornament in the Corinthian capital resembling the stalk of a plant, from which the volutes and helices spring.
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"Our Lord cometh;" -- an expression used by St. Paul at the conclusion of his first Epistle to the Corinthians (xvi. 22). This word has been used in anathematizing persons for great crimes; as much as to say, "May the Lord come quickly to take vengeance of thy crimes." See Anathema maranatha, under Anathema.
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A caulicule or little volute under the abacus of the Corinthian capital.
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In the Corinthian capital, one of the eight stalks rising out of the lower leafage and terminating in leaves which seem to support the volutes. See Illust. of Corinthian order, under Corinthian.
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Of or relating to Corinth.
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Belonging to a certain order which is composed of the Ionic order grafted upon the Corinthian. It is called also the Roman or the Italic order, and is one of the five orders recognized by the Italian writers of the sixteenth century. See Capital.
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A molding generally placed under the echinus or quarter round of capitals in the Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian orders of architecture.
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The enriched block or horizontal bracket generally found under the cornice of the Corinthian and Composite entablature, and sometimes, less ornamented, in the Ionic and other orders; -- so called because of its arrangement at regulated distances.
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A small square block or projection in cornices, a number of which are ranged in an ornamental band; -- used particularly in the Ionic, Corinthian, and Composite orders.
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A native or inhabitant of Corinth.
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A sort of second plinth or block, below the bases of Ionic and Corinthian columns, generally without moldings, and of smaller size horizontally than the pedestal.
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A projecting block worked under the corona of the Doric corice, in the same situation as the modillion of the Corinthian and Composite orders. See Illust. of Gutta.
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The body, or naked ground, of the Corinthian and Composite capital; -- called also tambour, and drum.
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The putting of one order above another; also, an architectural work produced by this method; as, the putting of the Doric order in the ground story, Ionic above it, and Corinthian or Composite above this.
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Debauched in character or practice; impure.
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Of or pertaining to the Corinthian order of architecture, invented by the Greeks, but more commonly used by the Romans.