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   caryatid

   /ˌkarɪˈatɪd/

   noun

   • 1. a stone carving of a draped female figure, used as a pillar to support the entablature of a Greek or Greek-style building.

   Word Origin mid 16th century: via French and Italian from Latin caryatides, from Greek karuatides, plural of karuatis ‘priestess of Artemis at Caryae’, from Karuai (Caryae) in Laconia.

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