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Topic: BUILDINGS

Date: 1600-1700
Origin: periment 'pediment' (16-17 centuries), perhaps from pyramid

pediment

 noun
     
ped‧i‧ment [countable]
AATBB a three-sided part above the entrance to a building, especially on the buildings of ancient Greece
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