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Arcade

a series of arches of any form, supported on pillars, either inclosing a space before a wall, or any building which is covered in and paved; or, when used as an architectural feature for ornamenting the towers and walls of churches entirely closed up with masonry. The term is also applied to a covered passage having shops on either side of it. Two arcades inscribed in a greater arcade are called geminous arcades.

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