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Originally appearing in Volume V01, Page 156 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ACROTERIUM (Gr. aKpwrijptov, the See also:summit or vertex) , inarchitecture, a statue or See also:ornament of any See also:kind placed on the See also:apex of a See also:pediment. The See also:term is often restricted to the See also:plinth, which forms the See also:podium merely for the acroterium.

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