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Originally appearing in Volume V21, Page 875 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PODIUM (Gr. lr66tov, diminutive of ?roils, See also:foot) , the name in See also:architecture for a continuous See also:pedestal, or See also:low See also:wall on which columns are carried, consisting of a See also:cornice or capping, a dado or See also:die, and a moulded See also:plinth. In the See also:Etruscan and See also:Roman temples the whole structure was raised on a podium, with a See also:flight of steps on the See also:principal front, enclosed between the prolongation of the podium wall.

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