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Exedra

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exhedranounAlternative form of exedra. [(architecture) A semicircular recess, with stone benches, used as a place for discussion.]
apsenoun(architecture) A semicircular projection from a building, especially the rounded east end of a church that contains the altar.
aediculanounA small shrine.
aediculenounA small house or room.
peribolosnoun(architecture, historical) An enclosed court, especially one surrounding a temple.
conversation pitnoun(architecture) A depressed section of flooring within a larger room, having built-in seating and sometimes a central table.
recessnoun(countable) A depressed, hollow, or indented space; also, a hole or opening.
apsisnoun(astronomy) Either of the points in the elliptical orbit of a planet, comet, or moon where it is closest or furthest from the body it orbits; examples are perihelion, aphelion, perigee, and apogee
excubitoriumnoun(historical) A gallery in a church, used for all-night vigils.
bemanounA platform from which speakers addressed an assembly.
accubitumnounA bench or sofa for reclining at a table; often used by ancient Roman and Greek nobility.
fish bowlnounA small, rounded, transparent, and domestic aquarium.
alcovenoun(architecture) A small recessed area set off from a larger room.
tholusnounA round building, dome, or cupola.
podiumnoun(sports and other competitions) A steepled platform upon which the three competitors with the best results may stand when being handed their medals or prize.
orielnoun(architecture) A large polygonal recess in a building, such as a bay window, forming a protrusion on the outer wall.
deacon's benchnounA kind of bench whose hinged seat is also the lid of an enclosed storage compartment.
bench tablenoun(architecture) A projecting course at the base of a building, or round a pillar, sufficient to form a seat.
rotundanoun(architecture) A round building, usually small, often with a dome.
insessionnounThat in which one sits, as a bathing tub.

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