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121altarpiece — /awl teuhr pees /, n. a painted or carved screen behind or above the altar or communion table in Christian churches; reredos. [1635 45; ALTAR + PIECE] * * * Painting, relief, sculpture, screen, or decorated wall standing on or behind an altar in… …
122dipteran — /dip teuhr euhn/, adj. 1. dipterous (def. 1). n. 2. a dipterous insect. [1835 45; DIPTER(A) + AN] * * * Any member of the more than 85,000 species in the insect order Diptera (the two winged, or true, flies), characterized by the use of only one… …
123Ephesus — /ef euh seuhs/, n. an ancient city in W Asia Minor, S of Smyrna (Izmir): famous temple of Artemis, or Diana; early Christian community. * * * Ancient Ionian Greek city; its ruins lie near the modern village of Selçuk in western Turkey. It was… …
124medusa — medusoid /meuh dooh soyd, dyooh /, adj. /meuh dooh seuh, zeuh, dyooh /, n., pl. medusas, medusae / see, zee/. Zool. a saucer shaped or dome shaped, free swimming jellyfish or hydra. [1750 60; special use of MEDUSA, alluding to the Gorgon s snaky… …
125Medusa — /meuh dooh seuh, zeuh, dyooh /, n., pl. Medusas. Class. Myth. the only mortal of the three Gorgons. She was killed by Perseus, and her head was mounted upon the aegis of Zeus and Athena. [ < L < Gk Médousa, special use of médousa, fem. of médon… …
126tilt-top table — /tilt top / a pedestal table having a top that can be tilted vertically. * * * ▪ furniture table, the top of which is hinged to a central pedestal in such a way that it can be turned from a horizontal to a vertical position and, thereby,… …
127New Brutalism — ▪ architectural style one aspect of the International Style of architecture that was created by Le Corbusier (Corbusier, Le) and his leading fellow architects Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (Mies van der Rohe, Ludwig) and Frank Lloyd Wright… …
128Amice — • A short linen cloth, square or oblong in shape and, like the other sacerdotal vestments, needing to be blessed before use Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Amice Amice …
