THOLUS
\θˈə͡ʊləs], \θˈəʊləs], \θ_ˈəʊ_l_ə_s]\
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In anc. arch. a name given to any round building which terminated at the top in a point: a dome or cupola: specifically, at Athens, the round chamber, or Rotunda, in which the Prytanes dined. "The Thirty Tyrants on one occasion summoned him, together with four others, to the Tholus, the place in which the Prytanes took their meals."-G. H. Lewes.
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