romanesque style

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romanesque style - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Romanesque \Ro`man*esque"\, a. [F. romanesque; cf. It.
     romanesco.]
     1. (Arch.) Somewhat resembling the Roman; -- applied
        sometimes to the debased style of the later Roman empire,
        but esp. to the more developed architecture prevailing
        from the 8th century to the 12th.
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     2. Of or pertaining to romance or fable; fanciful.
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     Romanesque style (Arch.), that which grew up from the
        attempts of barbarous people to copy Roman architecture
        and apply it to their own purposes. This term is loosely
        applied to all the styles of Western Europe, from the fall
        of the Western Roman Empire to the appearance of Gothic
        architecture.
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