Composite Order
a term denoting the last of the first orders of architecture. As its name implies, it is composed of two orders, the Corinthian, and the Ionic. In detail, the Composite is richer than the Corinthian, but it is less light and delicate in its proportions. Its architecture has only two faciæ, and the cornice varies from the Corinthian in COMPRESSED AIR having double modillions. The column is 10 diameters high. The principal ancient examples of this order are the temple of Bacchus at Rome, the arch of Septimius Severus, that of Titus, and the baths of Diocletian.