porticus

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Synonyms: porticos, posticus, ponticus, portico, tortious, poetics, portunus, porteous, cortices, vortices, porticoes

Antonyms: porticos, posticus, ponticus, portico, tortious, poetics, portunus, porteous, cortices, vortices, porticoes

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Noun

1. A small [[room]] in a [[church]], commonly forming [[extension]]s to the [[north]] and [[south]] sides of it, giving the building a [[cruciform]] [[plan]], which may function as a [[chapel]], [[rudimentary]] [[transept]] or [[burial]] place.
2. An [[ancient Roman]] [[colonnade]], [[arcade]], or [[portico]].

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