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Meaning of supercolumniation | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2

Definitions

  1. The putting of one order above another.
  2. An architectural work produced by this method.

Examples

“An example of supercolumniation would be the putting of the Doric order in the ground story, Ionic above it, and Corinthian or Composite above that.”

CEFR level

C2
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This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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