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ˈsemi-dome
[semi- 7 a.]
Half a dome, usually one formed by vertical section.
1788Gibbon Decl. & F. xl. IV. 94 The inside of St. Sophia, the cupola, the two larger, and the six smaller, semi-domes [etc.]. 1841Penny Cycl. XX. 74/1 A large semicircular..apsis, covered by a semi-dome. 1874Contemp. Rev. Oct. 161 The..figure of Christ in the semi-dome of the apse.
Hence ˈsemi-domed, semi-ˈdomical adjs., having the form of a semi-dome.
1864Lady Eastlake Hist. Our Lord I. 19 The semi⁓domed tribune or apse. a1878Sir G. Scott Lect. Archit. (1879) II. 250 Other semi-domical projections branching out from the walls which support the great semi-domes. 1888Gd. Words 238 The..semi-domed nest [of the willow wren]. |