Stylagalmaic

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

  Stylagalmaic \Sty`la*gal*ma"ic\
     (st[imac]`l[.a]*g[a^]l*m[=a]"[i^]k), a. [Gr. sty^los a column
     + 'a`galma an image.] (Arch.)
     Performing the office of columns; as, Atlantes and Caryatides
     are stylagalmaic figures or images. [Written also
     {stylogalmaic}.]


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