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hemicycle
noun as in semicircle
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In the hemicycle the committee benches had disappeared; they had run parallel to the sections on the arc of a circle.
The hemicycle became the apse; the gallery, a clerestory; the hall, a central nave.
Above the terrace of the recesses, rose that of the Hemicycle.
In the hemicycle above are the Virgin and Child under a Byzantine canopy with angels and founders on either side.
His greatest work, however, and one which won him much fame, is his well-known Hemicycle in the Beaux Arts (p. 319).
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On this page you'll find 2 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to hemicycle, such as: arc.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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