Supercolumniation

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

  Supercolumniation \Su`per*co*lum`ni*a"tion\, n. (Arch.)
     The putting of one order above another; also, an
     architectural work produced by this method; as, the putting
     of the Doric order in the ground story, Ionic above it, and
     Corinthian or Composite above this.
     [1913 Webster]