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Meaning of EPISTYLE

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Ep"i*style\, n. [L. epistylium, Gr. ?; 'epi` upon + ?
column: cf. F. ['e]pistyle.] (Anc. Arch.)
A massive piece of stone or wood laid immediately on the
abacus of the capital of a column or pillar; -- now called
architrave.
 
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