doric order

1. 1.

   the oldest and simplest of the Greek orders and the only one that normally has no base

   SynonymsDorian order

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Questions about doric order

What does doric order mean?

doric order means "the oldest and simplest of the Greek orders and the only one that normally has no base".

What is another word for doric order?

Close synonyms include Dorian order. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is doric order a common word?

doric order is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.