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caryatid (iou)



caryatid noun. , -ids M16.
[(French caryatide from Italian cariatide from) Latin caryatides from Greek karuatides (pl.) priestesses of Artemis at Karuai (Caryae) in Laconia.]
Architecture. A female figure used as a pillar to support an entablature. Cf. TELAMON.