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noun

Hemicycle n.

A half circle; a semicircle.

A semicircular place, as a semicircular arena, or room, or part of a room. "The collections will be displayed in the hemicycle of the central pavilion."

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Etymology of 'Hemicycle'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Hemicycle" Quotes from Famous Books

... Annunciation, the Visitation; in the middle the Nativity in various scenes; to the right Herod, and the Adoration of the Magi. The whole of these reliefs are twelfth-century work, with the exception of the Presentation, which is thirteenth century. In the hemicycle above are the Virgin and Child under a Byzantine canopy with angels and founders on either side. On the central pier stands St. Marcel, Bishop of Paris, banning the horrible serpent that made his lair in a tomb: the retreating serpent's tail is seen on the pier. Both on this and on the north portal ...

— The Story of Paris • Thomas Okey

... met in any room, but these little groups so soon grew to communities that a larger place was needed and the "basilica" of the house became the general and accepted place of worship. The "basilica" was composed of a long hall, sometimes galleried, and a hemicycle; and its general outline was that of a letter T. Into this purely secular building, Christian ceremonials were introduced. The hemicycle became the apse; the gallery, a clerestory; the hall, a central nave. Here the paraphernalia of the new ...

— Cathedrals and Cloisters of the South of France, Volume 1 • Elise Whitlock Rose

Words linked to "Hemicycle" : two-dimensional figure