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LACUNAR

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Originally appearing in Volume V16, Page 56 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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LACUNAR , the Latin name in See also:

ARCHITECTURE (Lat. architectura, from the Gr. ap)(LTEKrwv, a master-builder)

architecture for a panelled or coffered See also:

CEILING (from a verb " to ceil," i.e. to line or cover; of disputed etymology, but apparently connected with Fr. ciel, Lat. caelum, sky)

ceiling or See also:

SOFFIT (from Fr. soffite, Ital. soffitta, a ceiling, formed as if from su. fjictus for suff xus, Lat. suffigere, to fix underneath)

soffit. The word is derived from lacuna, a cavity or hollow, a See also:

BLANK (from the Fr. blanc, white)

blank, See also:

HIATUS (Lat. for gaping, or gap)

hiatus or See also:

GAP

gap. The panels or coffers of a ceiling are by See also:

VITRUVIUS (MARCUS VITRUVIUS POLLIO)

Vitruvius called lacunaria.

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