ANTA

AN'TA, noun In ancient architecture, a square column, at the corner of a building; a pilaster; written also ante.

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‖An″ta (�), n.; pl. Antæ (�). [] (Arch.) A species of pier produced by thickening a wall at its termination, treated architecturally as a pilaster, with capital and base. ☞ Porches, when columns stand between two antæ, are called in Latin in antis.