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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A kind of pier that terminates the walls of the naos, a kind of post or pillar on either side of a doorway or entrance of a Greek temple.

Proper Noun

1. 1
   Initialism of Australian National Training Authority. abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin antae (“pilasters”), with a back-formed singular form.

Related phrases

in antis

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