anta

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[], (Noun)

Definitions:
- A square pilaster on either side of a door, or at the corner of a building.


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Origin:
mid 17th century; earliest use found in John Evelyn (1620–1706), diarist and writer. From classical Latin antae square pilasters from the same Indo-European base as Sanskrit ātā door frame (rare, only in plural) and Old Icelandic and-, ǫnd porch




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