Tholus

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  • n. A small domical mountain or hill.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A round excavated tomb lined with masonry. See beehive tomb.
  • n. In classical arch., any circular building, as that designed by Polycletus at Epidaurus; also, a dome or cupola; a domed structure; specifically, at Athens, the round chamber, or rotunda, a public building connected with the prytaneum, in which the prytanes dined.
  • Word Usage
    "There were no towers or battlements: only the faceted tholus, climbing until it lost itself against the sky and its momentary brilliancies were confounded with the faint star's."