'Caryatides' definitions:
Definition of 'Caryatides'
From: GCIDE
- Caryatides \Car`y*at"i*des\, n. pl. [L., fr. Gr. ? (?) priestesses in the temple of Diana (the Greek Artemis) at Cary[ae] (Gr. ?), a village in Laconia; as an architectural term, caryatids.] (Arch) Caryatids. [1913 Webster]
- Note: Corresponding male figures were called Atlantes, Telamones, and Persians. [1913 Webster]