Meaning

2 senses
  1. A statue with a head or bust carved out of the top of a square tapering pillar, originally used as a boundary marker in ancient Rome.

    (architecture) a statue or a human bust or an animal carved out of the top of a square pillar; originally used as a boundary marker in ancient Rome

  2. Terminus, the Roman god of boundaries.

Forms

plural: terminal figures
Singularterminal figure
Pluralterminal figures

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • (architecture) a statue or a human bust or an animal carved out of the top of a square pillar; originally used as a boundary marker in ancient Rome:terminusterm

Word family

1 related words
Relatedherm

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