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Originally appearing in Volume V23, Page 200 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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RESPOND , in See also:

architecture, the See also:term given to the ha.f-See also:pier or semi-detached See also:column at the end of a range of piers or columns carrying an See also:architrave or See also:arcade. In See also:Greek temples the respond is known as the anta. The term is also given to the See also:wall See also:pilaster which in See also:Roman and See also:Renaissance See also:work is frequently placed behind the detached columns forming the decoration of a wall.

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