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    ‖Anta (), n.; pl. Antæ (). [L.] (Arch.) A species of pier produced by thickening a wall at its termination, treated architecturally as a pilaster, with capital and base.

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    ☞ Porches, when columns stand between two antæ, are called in Latin in antis.

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