Hecatompedon

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hecatompedon \Hec`a*tom"pe*don\, n. [Gr. ? hundred feet long, ?
     ? the Parthenon; ? hundred + ? foot.] (Arch.)
     A name given to the old Parthenon at Athens, because
     measuring 100 Greek feet, probably in the width across the
     stylobate.
     [1913 Webster]