Romanesque

[,rəumə'nesk]

Definition

(noun.) a style of architecture developed in Italy and western Europe between the Roman and the Gothic styles after 1000 AD; characterized by round arches and vaults and by the substitution of piers for columns and profuse ornament and arcades.

Typist: Owen--From WordNet

Definition

(a.) 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.

(a.) Of or pertaining to romance or fable; fanciful.

(n.) Romanesque style.

Inputed by Evelyn

Definition

n. that which pertains to romance: (archit.) the style of round-arched and vaulted architecture which succeeded Roman architecture from about the time of Constantine (c. 350 A.D.) till it was gradually superseded by Gothic in the 12th century: the dialect of Languedoc.

Edited by Hardy