Romanesque
Definition of Romanesque
Ro`man`esque´
a.
1.
(Arch.)
Somewhat
resembling
the
Roman
; -
applied
sometimes
to
the
debased
style
of
the
later
Roman
empire
,
but
esp
.
to
the
more
developed
architecture
prevailing
from
the
8th
century
to
the
12th
.
2.
Of
or
pertaining
to
romance
or
fable
;
fanciful
.
Romanesque style
(Arch.)
that
which
grew
up
from
the
attempts
of
barbarous
people
to
copy
Roman
architecture
and
apply
it
to
their
own
purposes
.
This
term
is
loosely
applied
to
all
the
styles
of
Western
Europe
,
from
the
fall
of
the
Western
Roman
Empire
to
the
appearance
of
Gothic
architecture
.
n.
1.
Romanesque
style
.
Related Words
architectural
style
,
Norman
architecture
,
Romanesque
architecture
,
style
of
architecture
,
type
of
architecture
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