hemicycle

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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From hemi- + cycle.

Within this hemicycle lie the waters of Minas, bounded on the north by the horizon-line, the clouds and the sky. — Acadia: or, A Month with the Blue Noses, Frederic S. (Frederic Swartwout) Cozzens
The closing together and bracing of which hemicycle or arch, worthie of admiration, of a rare and subtile deuise, and exquisite polyture, did thus obiect and present it selfe to my sight. — Hypnerotomachia: The Strife of Loue in a Dreame, Francesco Colonna
Between them hang an engraved portrait of Richard Cobden; enlarged photographs of Martineau, Huxley, and George Eliot; autotypes of allegories by Mr G.F. Watts (for Roebuck believed in the fine arts with all the earnestness of a man who does not understand them), and an impression of Dupont's engraving of Delaroche's Beaux Artes hemicycle, representing the great men of all ages. — Man and Superman: A Comedy and a Philosophy, Bernard Shaw

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