anta Meaning, Definition & Usage

An"ta noun
Etymology
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Wordforms
plural Antæ
Definitions
  1. (Arch.) A species of pier produced by thickening a wall at its termination, treated architecturally as a pilaster, with capital and base. ✍ Porches, when columns stand between two antæ, are called in Latin in antis.

Webster 1913