caryatides Meaning, Definition & Usage
Car`y*at"i*des noun plural
Etymology
L., fr. Gr. () priestesses in the temple of Diana (the Greek Artemis) at Caryæ (Gr. ), a village in Laconia; as an architectural term, caryatids.Definitions
(Arch) Caryatids. ✍ Corresponding male figures were called Atlantes, Telamones, and Persians.
