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subvention (oh) and pilaster (sh)


subvention (oh)



[Date: 1400-1500; Language: Old French; Origin: Late Latin subventio, from Latin subvenire 'to come up, come to save someone']
formal a gift of money, usually from a government, for a special use

pilaster (sh)




In Classical architecture, a shallow rectangular column built into a wall and projecting slightly beyond it.

It has a capital and base and conforms to one of the orders. In Roman architecture the pilaster gradually became more decorative than structural, and it served to break up otherwise empty expanses of wall.