Word Meanings - PARTHENON - Book Publishers vocabulary database

A celebrated marble temple of Athene, on the Acropolis at Athens. It was of the pure Doric order, and has had an important influence on art.

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• TEMPLED
  Supplied with a temple or temples, or with churches; inclosed in a temple. I love thy rocks and rills, Thy woods and templed hills. S. F. Smith.
• DORICISM
  A Doric phrase or idiom.
• CELEBRATE
  1. To extol or honor in a solemn manner; as, to celebrate the name of the Most High. 2. To honor by solemn rites, by ceremonies of joy and respect, or by refraining from ordinary business; to observe duly; to keep; as, to celebrate a birthday.
• IMPORTANTLY
  In an important manner.
• CELEBRATION
  The act, process, or time of celebrating. His memory deserving a particular celebration. Clarendok. Celebration of Mass is equivalent to offering Mass Cath. Dict. To hasten the celebration of their marriage. Sir P. Sidney.
• ORDERLY
  1. Conformed to order; in order; regular; as, an orderly course or plan. Milton. 2. Observant of order, authority, or rule; hence, obedient; quiet; peaceable; not unruly; as, orderly children; an orderly community. 3. Performed in good
• INFLUENCE
  Induction. Syn. -- Control; persuasion; ascendency; sway; power; authority; supremacy; mastery; management; restraint; character; reputation; prestige. (more info) 1. A flowing in or upon; influx. God hath his influence into the very essence of
• MARBLEIZE
  To stain or grain in imitation of marble; to cover with a surface resembling marble; as, to marbleize slate, wood, or iron.
• MARBLER
  1. One who works upon marble or other stone. Fuller. 2. One who colors or stains in imitation of marble.
• DORIC
  Belonging to, or resembling, the oldest and simplest of the three orders of architecture used by the Greeks, but ranked as second of the five orders adopted by the Romans. See Abacus, Capital, Order. Note: This order is distinguished, according
• CELEBRATED
  Having celebrity; distinguished; renowned. Celebrated for the politeness of his manners. Macaulay. Syn. -- Distinguished; famous; noted; famed; renowned; illustrious. See Distinguished.
• ATHENEUM; ATHENAEUM
  A temple of Athene, at Athens, in which scholars and poets were accustomed to read their works and instruct students. 2. A school founded at Rome by Hadrian. 3. A literary or scientific association or club. 4. A building or an apartment where a
• MARBLED
  Varied with irregular markings, or witch a confused blending of irregular spots and streaks. (more info) 1. Made of, or faced with, marble. "The marbled mansion." Shak. 2. Made to resemble marble; veined or spotted like marble. "Marbled paper."
• IMPORTANT
  1. Full of, or burdened by, import; charged with great interests; restless; anxious. Thou hast strength as much As serves to execute a mind very important. Chapman. 2. Carrying or possessing weight or consequence; of valuable content or bearing;
• ORDERLINESS
  The state or quality of being orderly.
• ORDER
  1. Regular arrangement; any methodical or established succession or harmonious relation; method; system; as: Of material things, like the books in a library. Of intellectual notions or ideas, like the topics of a discource. Of periods of time or
• INFLUENCER
  One who, or that which, influences.
• TEMPLET
  A short piece of timber, iron, or stone, placed in a wall under a girder or other beam, to distribute the weight or pressure. (more info) 1. A gauge, pattern, or mold, commonly a thin plate or board, used as a guide to the form of the work to be
• MARBLE-EDGED
  Having the edge veined or spotted with different colors like marble, as a book.
• CELEBRATOR
  One who celebrates; a praiser. Boyle.
• IMBORDER
  To furnish or inclose with a border; to form a border of. Milton.
• MISORDER
  To order ill; to manage erroneously; to conduct badly. Shak.
• ACCORDER
  One who accords, assents, or concedes.
• PETWORTH MARBLE
  A kind of shell marble occurring in the Wealden clay at Petworth, in Sussex, England; -- called also Sussex marble.
• PROTO-DORIC
  Pertaining to, or designating, architecture, in which the beginnings of the Doric style are supposed to be found.
• STEMPLE
  A crossbar of wood in a shaft, serving as a step.
• DISORDER
  1. Want of order or regular disposition; lack of arrangement; confusion; disarray; as, the troops were thrown into disorder; the papers are in disorder. 2. Neglect of order or system; irregularity. From vulgar bounds with brave disorder part, And
• MISORDERLY
  Irregular; disorderly.
• DISORDERLY
  Offensive to good morals and public decency; notoriously offensive; as, a disorderly house. Syn. -- Irregular; immethodical; confused; tumultuous; inordinate; intemperate; unruly; lawless; vicious. (more info) 1. Not in order; marked by disorder;
• ENMARBLE
  To make hard as marble; to harden. Spenser.
• SEA-BORDERING
  Bordering on the sea; situated beside the sea. Drayton.
• RECORDER
  A kind of wind instrument resembling the flageolet. "Flutes and soft recorders." Milton. (more info) 1. One who records; specifically, a person whose official duty it is to make a record of writings or transactions. 2. The title of the
• SUPERORDER
  A group intermediate in importance between an order and a subclass.
• RECELEBRATE
  To celebrate again, or anew. -- Re*cel`e*bra"tion, n.