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Originally appearing in Volume V20, Page 341 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ORTHOSTATAE (Gr. bpOovrarils, See also:standing upright) , the See also:term in See also:Greek See also:architecture given to the lowest course of See also:masonry of the See also:external walls of the naos or See also:cella, consisting of See also:vertical slabs of See also:stone or See also:marble equal in height to two or three of the See also:horizontal courses which constitute the inner See also:part of the See also:wall.

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