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Doric
Doric Dor"ic, n. The Doric dialect.
Doric
Doric Dor"ic, a. [L. Doricus, Gr. ?, fr. ? the Dorians.] 1. Pertaining to Doris, in ancient Greece, or to the Dorians; as, the Doric dialect. 2. (Arch.) Belonging to, or resembling, the oldest and simplest of the three orders of architecture used by the Greeks, but ranked as second of the five orders adopted by the Romans. See Abacus, Capital, Order. Note: This order is distinguished, according to the treatment of details, as Grecian Doric, or Roman Doric. 3. (Mus.) Of or relating to one of the ancient Greek musical modes or keys. Its character was adapted both to religions occasions and to war.

Meaning of doric from wikipedia

- Doric may refer to: Doric, of or relating to the Dorians of ancient Greece Doric Gr****, the dialects of the Dorians Doric order, a style of ancient Gr****...
- The Doric order was one of the three orders of ancient Gr**** and later Roman architecture; the other two canonical orders were the Ionic and the Corinthian...
- Gr**** dialects; its varieties are divided into the Doric proper and Northwest Doric subgroups. Doric was spoken in a vast area, including northern Greece...
- named SS Doric. You may be looking for: SS Doric (1883), a British ocean liner built by Harland and Wolff and operated by White Star Line. SS Doric (1923)...
- an island. Doric notably had several intermediate divisions as well, into Island Doric (including Cretan Doric), Southern Peloponnesus Doric (including...
- Doric, the po****r name for Mid Northern Scots or Northeast Scots, refers to the Scots language as spoken in the northeast of Scotland. There is an extensive...
- has been described as "the culmination of the development of the Doric order". The Doric columns, for example, have simple capitals, fluted shafts, and...
- the ****istance of other Dorian states. Dorians were distinguished by the Doric Gr**** dialect and by characteristic social and historical traditions. In...
- Doric Park is located in Old Swan, Liverpool, England. Doric Park's main entrance is located in Wharncliffe Road. The po****r local Green Flag park is...
- had visited the sites, archaeologist–architects of the period studied the Doric and Ionic orders. Despite its universality rooted in ancient Greece, the...