GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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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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