ROMANESQUE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A style of architecture developed in Italy and western Europe between the Roman and the Gothic styles after 1000 AD; characterized by round arches and vaults and by the substitution of piers for columns and profuse ornament and arcades

Synonyms:

Romanesque; Romanesque architecture

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Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("Romanesque" is a kind of...):

architectural style; style of architecture; type of architecture (architecture as a kind of art form)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Romanesque"):

Norman architecture (a Romanesque style first appearing in Normandy around 950 AD and used in Britain from the Norman Conquest until the 12th century)

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