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Definition of 'Erechtheum'

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Erechtheum in British

(ɪˈrɛkθɪəm , ˌɛrəkˈθiːəm ) or Erechtheion (ɪˈrɛkθɪən , ˌɛrəkˈθiːən )
noun
a temple on the Acropolis at Athens, which has a porch of caryatids
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Erechtheum in American

(ˌɛrɛkˈθiəm ; erˌekt hēˈəm)
noun
temple on the Acropolis in Athens, built 5th cent. b.c.: it contains famous examples of Ionic architecture
Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.
Word origin of 'Erechtheum'
Gr Erechtheion < Erechtheus, lit., the render, a mythical king of Athens supposedly entombed there < erechthein, to rend, break < IE base *rekth-, to harm > Sans ráksas-, torment

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Used Rarely. Erechtheum is in the lower 50% of commonly used words in the Collins dictionary

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