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Romanesque Moderate

Origin: French suffix -esque

Romanesque has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a style of architecture developed in Italy and western Europe between the Roman and the Gothic styles after 1000 AD; characterized by round arches and vaults and by the substitution of piers for columns and profuse ornament and arcades

Adjective
1

Alternative letter-case form of Romanesque

2

Somewhat resembling the Roman; applied sometimes to the debased style of the later Roman Empire, but especially to the more developed art and architecture prevailing from the 8th century to the 12th.

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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
architectural style
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
Norman architecture
Rhyming Words
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