exedraexhedran.
/ˈɛksɪdrə//ɛkˈsiːdrə/ 1. Classical Architecture
a. ‘The portico of the palæstra or gymnasium in which disputations of the learned were held among the ancients; also, in private houses, the pastas or vestibule, used for conversation’ (Parker Gloss. Archit. 1874).
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > porches, balconies, etc. > [noun] > portico
porcha1382
oriel1478
portico1607
porticus1617
peridrome1623
portice1623
exedra1706
lodge1742
loggia1742
chabutra1827
portal1844
1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Exedræ.
1832 W. Gell Pompeiana I. vi. 90 The vestibulum and the exedra.
1841 W. Spalding Italy & Ital. Islands I. 189 Exedræ, the usual scenes of the afternoon slumber.
1858 R. A. Vaughan Ess. & Remains I. 5 He sees them..sitting in the shady retirement of the exhedra, discussing their theories.
b. = apsis n. 3b(a): cf. cathedra n.
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society > faith > artefacts > furniture > seat > [noun] > bishop's
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thronec1390
chair1480
faldistory1675
exedra1725
cathedra1829
1725 D. Cotes tr. L. E. Du Pin New Eccl. Hist. 17th Cent. I. v. 69 The Preacher was plac'd in a Chair lifted up, which the ancients called..Exedra.
1842 J. Gwilt Encycl. Archit. Gloss. 894 at Apsis The bishop's throne..was sometimes called exhedra.
1846 J. H. Parker Conc. Gloss. Terms Archit. 108 Exedra,..used as synonymous with Cathedra, for a throne or seat of any kind.
2. (See quots.)
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1845 J. H. Parker Gloss. Terms Archit. (ed. 4) I. 159 Exedra, Exhedra,..a recess or large niche in a wall..sometimes applied to a porch or chapel which projects from a larger building.
1849 J. Weale Rudim. Dict. Terms Archit. ii. 179/1 Exedra..a by-place, or jutty.
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