car·y·at·id 
(kăr′ē-ătĭd)
(kăr′ē-ătĭd)n. pl. car·y·at·ids or car·y·at·i·des (-ĭ-dēz′)
Architecture
Architecture
A supporting column sculptured in the form of a draped female figure.
[From Latin Caryātides, caryatids, from Greek Karuātides, priestesses of Artemis at Caryae, caryatids, from Karuai, Caryae, a village of Laconia in southern Greece with a famous temple to Artemis.]
car′y·ati·dal (-ĭ-dəl), car′y·at′i·dean (-ĭ-dēən), car′y·a·tidic (-ə-tĭdĭk) adj.
caryatidPorch of the Caryatids at the Erechtheum at the Acropolis
Athens, Greece