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    Pediment
    Usually, a triangular feature above the columns in a portico, or above a window or doorway. Sometimes the top of a pediment is curved.
    Found op http://www.maintainyourchurch.org.uk/ToolkitModules/Toolkit1Glossary/tabid/
    
    
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    Pediment
    The triangular shape that usually sits on the top of columns on a temple or building`s front. Often filled with sculpture.
    Found op http://www.architecture.com/HowWeBuiltBritain/Glossary.xhtml
    
    
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    Pediment
    A wide, low-pitched gable surmounting the façade of a building. It is formed at the end of a building by the sloping roof and the cornice. Also, a triangular decorative element placed above a window or entrance. Also see: broken pediment. Contrast with: tympanum.
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    Pediment
    A triangular or sometime curved head to panelling – used in 18th century altar-pieces. See Broken Pediment.
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20941
    
    
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    pediment
    The triangular or curved gable surmounting the façade of a Classical-style building which has been much adapted in furniture design, especially in cabinets, bookcases and longcase clocks of the 18thC
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contributions.php
    
    
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    Pediment
    Ped'i·ment noun [ Latin pes , pedis , a foot. See Foot .] (Architecture) Originally, in classical architecture, the triangular space forming the gable of a simple roof; hence, a similar form used as a decoration over porticoe...
    Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/41
    
    
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    pediment
    noun a triangular gable between a horizontal entablature and a sloping roof
    Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=pediment
    
    
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    Pediment
    • (n.) Originally, in classical architecture, the triangular space forming the gable of a simple roof; hence, a similar form used as a decoration over porticoes, doors, windows, etc.; also, a rounded or broken frontal having a similar position and use. See Temple.
    Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/pediment/
    
    
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    pediment
    in architecture, triangular gable forming the end of the roof slope over a portico (the area, with a roof supported by columns, leading to the ... [1 related articles]
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/p/34
    
    
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    pediment
    in geology, any relatively flat surface of bedrock (exposed or veneered with alluvial soil or gravel) that occurs at the base of a mountain or as a ... [2 related articles]
    Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/p/34
    
    
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    pediment
    pediment In geology, a broad, gently sloping, low-relief erosion surface, composed primarily of bare rock, that develops in an arid or semiarid region at the base of a receding mountain slope.
    Found op http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/1590/
    
    
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    Pediment
    In architecture a pediment is the triangular termination used in classical architecture at the ends of buildings, over porticos, etc, corresponding to a gable in middle age architecture. It is much less acute at the top than a gable. Most of the porticos on the fronts of Greek and Roman buildings su...
    Found op http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/TP.HTM
    
    
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    Pediment
    A pediment is a classical architectural element consisting of the triangular section found above the horizontal structure (entablature), typically supported by columns. The gable end of the pediment is surrounded by the cornice moulding. The tympanum, or triangular area within the pediment, was oft...
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