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the Fourth Week of Advent
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Podium
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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(Gr. 7roocov, diminutive of ir-ous, foot), the name in architecture for a continuous pedestal, or low wall on which columns are carried, consisting of a cornice or capping, a dado or die, and a moulded plinth. In the Etruscan and Roman temples the whole structure was raised on a podium, with a flight of steps on the principal front, enclosed between the prolongation of the podium wall.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Podium'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/p/podium.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Podium'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/p/podium.html. 1910.
