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aedicule [ˈɛdɪˌkjuːl]

(Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Architecture) an opening such as a door or a window, framed by columns on either side, and a pediment above

[from Latin aediculum small house, from aedēs building]

aedicule - A small room or structure used as a shrine—or a niche for a statue.

See also related terms for small+room.

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small room	Instead of columns they paint fluted stems with oddly shaped leaves and volutes, and instead of pediments arabesques, the same with candelabra and painted aedicules, on the pediments of which grow dainty flowers unrolling out of roots and topped without rhyme or reason, by figurines. The grotesque as it appears in Western art history and in Ian ... by Swanepoel, Rita / Literator: Journal of Literary Criticism, comparative linguistics and literary studies The truly ugly aedicule erected in 1808 is still over the tomb; the pompous marble iconastasis is there in the Greek Katholikon; the Latin decorations are in that standard Italian Franciscan art a la moderne; the Armenian mosaics often seem to be more about nationalism than faith; the Copts still have their little space behind the aedicule. Religion booknotes by Cunningham, Lawrence S. / Commonweal The static aedicules of Stansted are unnecessary in the single sweep of space. Grace, speed and rigour: Beijing's structure is an elegant model of ... by Wells, Matthew / The Architectural Review	adytum adz adze Adzhar Adzhar Autonomous Republic Adzharia adzuki adzuki bean ae æ AE & P ae. AEA Aeacus aeaeae AEC aechmea aecial AEcidium aeciospore aecium AECL aedes Aedes aegypti Aedes albopictus aedicule aedile AEdileship Aeëtes AEEU Aegadean Islands Aegadean Isles Aegates Aegates Isles Aegean Aegean civilisation Aegean civilization Aegean culture Aegean island Aegean Islands Aegean Sea Aegeus Aegiceras Aegiceras majus AEgicrania AEgilops Aegilops triuncalis Aegina Aegir aegis Aegisthus	Aedeagus AEDEAN AEDEDL AEDENAT Aedes Aedes Aedes Aedes Aedes Aëdes Aëdes Aëdes Aëdes Aedes (stegomyia) Aegypti Aedes aegypti Aedes albopictus Aedes albopictus Aedes egypti AEDET AEDF AEDFV AEDG AEDGE Aedh Aedh Aedh Aedh AEDI Aedicula Aedicular frame aedicule aedificatio Aedifice Aedifice Aedifice Aedifice Ædifice Ædifice Ædifice Ædifice Aedificium Aedificium Aedificium Aedificium Ædificium Ædificium Ædificium Ædificium aedile aedile Ædile Ædile Aediles Aediles Aedileship aedileships Aedilician Aedilis aedine aedine aedine

Instead of columns they paint fluted stems with oddly shaped leaves and volutes, and instead of pediments arabesques, the same with candelabra and painted aedicules, on the pediments of which grow dainty flowers unrolling out of roots and topped without rhyme or reason, by figurines.

The grotesque as it appears in Western art history and in Ian ... by Swanepoel, Rita / Literator: Journal of Literary Criticism, comparative linguistics and literary studies

The truly ugly aedicule erected in 1808 is still over the tomb; the pompous marble iconastasis is there in the Greek Katholikon; the Latin decorations are in that standard Italian Franciscan art a la moderne; the Armenian mosaics often seem to be more about nationalism than faith; the Copts still have their little space behind the aedicule.

Religion booknotes by Cunningham, Lawrence S. / Commonweal

The static aedicules of Stansted are unnecessary in the single sweep of space.

Grace, speed and rigour: Beijing's structure is an elegant model of ... by Wells, Matthew / The Architectural Review

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