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PYRAMIDION (diminutive of " pyramid ")

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Originally appearing in Volume V22, Page 685 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PYRAMIDION (diminutive of " See also:pyramid ") , an architectural See also:term for the See also:copper-gilt casing covering the See also:apex of an See also:obelisk, and generally extended to its upper termination of pyramidical See also:form.

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