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Which is satisfied, ornament, beauty.
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(Ἀχαϊκός) Greek name ACHAÃKOS means "belonging to Achaia," a maritime region of northern Peloponnesus. In the bible, this is the name of a Christian who, together with Fortunatus and Stephanos, carried a letter from the Corinthians to Paul and back again.Â
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(Ἰοῦστος) Greek form of Latin Justus, IOUSTOS means "fair, just." In the bible, this is the name of several characters, including a Christian at Corinth with whom Paul lodged.Â
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(ΦοÏτουνάτος) Greek form of Latin Fortunatus, PHORTOUNATOS means "fortunate; happy; well freighted." In the bible, this is the name of a man who, along with Achaïkos and Stephanos, carried a letter from the Corinthians to Paul and back again.
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(Χλόη) Greek name CHLOĒ means "green shoot." In mythology, this is a surname of the goddess Demeter. In the New Testament bible, this name is mentioned by Paul in 1 Corinthians 1:11. Also spelled Khloe.
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Woman of Corinth.
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(Γάϊος) Greek form of Latin Gaius ("lord"), GAÃOS means "lord." In the New Testament bible, this is the name of a man from Derbe, a man of Corinth, an unknown Christian to whom John's third epistle is addressed, and a Macedonian who accompanied Paul in his travels.Â
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 Latin form of Greek Chloē, CHLOE means "green shoot." In mythology, this is a surname of the goddess Demeter. In the New Testament bible, this name is mentioned by Paul in 1 Corinthians 1:11.
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(ἜÏαστος) Greek name ERASTOS means "beloved." In the bible, this is the name of the chamberlain of the city of Corinth and one of Paul's disciples.
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Greece, which is satisfied; ornament; beauty
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A projecting block worked under the corona of the Doric corice, in the same situation as the modillion of the Corinthian and Composite orders. See Illust. of Gutta.
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A spiral scroll which forms the chief feature of the Ionic capital, and which, on a much smaller scale, is a feature in the Corinthian and Composite capitals. See Illust. of Capital, also Helix, and Stale.
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A caulicule or little volute under the abacus of the Corinthian capital.
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Debauched in character or practice; impure.
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Pertaining to Corinth.
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Of or pertaining to an isthmus, especially to the Isthmus of Corinth, in Greece.
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The body, or naked ground, of the Corinthian and Composite capital; -- called also tambour, and drum.
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Of or relating to Corinth.
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A sort of second plinth or block, below the bases of Ionic and Corinthian columns, generally without moldings, and of smaller size horizontally than the pedestal.
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"Our Lord cometh;" -- an expression used by St. Paul at the conclusion of his first Epistle to the Corinthians (xvi. 22). This word has been used in anathematizing persons for great crimes; as much as to say, "May the Lord come quickly to take vengeance of thy crimes." See Anathema maranatha, under Anathema.
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A king of Corinth, son of Aeolus, famed for his cunning. He was killed by Theseus, and in the lower world was condemned by Pluto to roll to the top of a hill a huge stone, which constantly rolled back again, making his task incessant.
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A small fruit; a currant.
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An ornament in the Corinthian capital resembling the stalk of a plant, from which the volutes and helices spring.
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Of or pertaining to an amateur sailor or yachtsman; as, a corinthian race (one in which the contesting yachts must be manned by amateurs.)
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A native or inhabitant of Corinth.
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The enriched block or horizontal bracket generally found under the cornice of the Corinthian and Composite entablature, and sometimes, less ornamented, in the Ionic and other orders; -- so called because of its arrangement at regulated distances.
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In the Corinthian capital, one of the eight stalks rising out of the lower leafage and terminating in leaves which seem to support the volutes. See Illust. of Corinthian order, under Corinthian.
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Of or pertaining to the Corinthian order of architecture, invented by the Greeks, but more commonly used by the Romans.
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A gay, licentious person.
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The putting of one order above another; also, an architectural work produced by this method; as, the putting of the Doric order in the ground story, Ionic above it, and Corinthian or Composite above this.