1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Acroterium

ACROTERIUM (Gr. ἀκρωτήριον, the summit or vertex), in architecture, a statue or ornament of any kind placed on the apex of a pediment. The term is often restricted to the plinth, which forms the podium merely for the acroterium.

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