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# corinthian

«corinthian» in Mova's school dictionary: **Of or from Corinth, an old city in Greece** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective

### meaning for a pupil

1) Of or from Corinth, an old city in Greece. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/corinthian/#m1)

2) A Corinthian column is a tall pillar with a top carved with leaves and curls, one of three old Greek styles. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/corinthian/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

in lessons on old Greek buildings: the Doric, Ionic and Corinthian styles of pillar, each linked to a god or goddess

### examples

- The temple had tall Corinthian columns. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/corinthian/#x1)
- The Corinthian style has carved leaves on top. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/corinthian/#x2)
- Greek builders used three styles: Doric, Ionic and Corinthian. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/corinthian/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### In the corpora

- [Paul wrote letters to churches, such as Romans, Corinthians and Galatians, which are now part of the New Testament.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/20-paul-his-letters-and-the-way-of-love/13/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «corinthian» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/corinthian/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.