see tholos
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/thoh"leuhs/, n., pl. tholi /-luy/.
tholos.
[1635-45; < L < Gk thólos]
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tholus /thōˈləs/
noun (pl thōˈli /-lī/)
A round building, dome, cupola, or tomb, esp a dome-shaped tomb from the Mycenaean period (also tholos /tholˈos/ (pl tholˈoi))
ORIGIN: Gr tholos
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tholobate /tholˈə-bāt/ noun
(from Gr -batēs someone or something that goes, from bainein to go) the substructure of a dome or cupola
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tholusvar. tholos.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.