Supercolumniation
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Su`per`co`lum`ni`a´tion
| n. | 1. | (Arch.) The putting of one order above another; also, an architectural work produced by this method; as, the putting of the Doric order in the ground story, Ionic above it, and Corinthian or Composite above this. |
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.