Architecture. = respond, n. 2.

Architecture. A pilaster, half-pier, or corbel attached to a wall and supporting or appearing to support an arch, esp. at the end of an arcade.

a pillar having the appearance of being spirally twisted, or apparently consisting of two shafts intertwined.

Architecture. A cylindrical or polygonal wall or pillar supporting a dome, cupola, lantern, etc.

Architecture. = respond, n. 2. rare.

(see quot.).

Of, relating to, or depicting the Egyptian god Osiris; = Osirian, adj.

Architecture. A stone pillar supporting the middle of the tympanum of a doorway, esp. in a church.