1 definition found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Caryatides \Car`y*at"i*des\, n. pl. [L., fr. Gr. ? (?) priestesses in the temple of Diana (the Greek Artemis) at Cary[ae] (Gr. ?), a village in Laconia; as an architectural term, caryatids.] (Arch) Caryatids. [1913 Webster] Note: Corresponding male figures were called Atlantes, Telamones, and Persians. [1913 Webster]
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