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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
caryatid /ˌkarɪˈatɪd/

▶noun (pl. caryatides /-diːz/ or caryatids) Architecture a pillar in the form of a draped female figure, supporting an entablature.

– origin C16: via Fr. and Ital. from L. caryatides, from Gk karuatides, pl. of karuatis ‘priestess of Artemis at Caryae’, from Karuai (Caryae) in Laconia.

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