α. 1600s faciata, 1600s–1800s facciata.
β. 1600s 1800s faciate.
† faciaten.
Obsolete.
The facade or front of a building.
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face1591
faciate1648
façade1656
frontsidea1699
frontage1861
1648 J. Raymond Itinerary Voy. Italy 168 The Facciata or Front [of the villa at Tivoli] hath between the Windows many ancient Statues.
c1660 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1644 (1955) II. 202 The faciata of the Court and Chapel [in Siena].
a1684 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1654 (1955) III. 102 The Faciate of this Cathedrall [sc. Bath Abbey] is remarkable for the Historical Carving.
1771 Trav. France & Italy II. xxxvi. 74 The grand facciata is in a style which would be very handsome for a palace, but destroys the uniformity of the building as a church.
1800 J. Dallaway Anecd. Arts Eng. i. i. 5 The Facciata, or grand western front, was the object of splendour to which all the other parts of the fabric were subordinate.
1846 L. Giustiniani Intrigues of Jesuitism (ed. 6) ii. 9 From the other side which forms the Faciate, we can plainly discern the Capitol, which reminds us of the days of Roman patriotism.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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