NOUN
- a dome that is shaped like a bulb; characteristic of Russian and Byzantine church architecture
How To Use onion dome In A Sentence
- Don't Orthodox churches have onion domes? Times, Sunday Times
- Don't Orthodox churches have onion domes? Times, Sunday Times
- Onion Domes Moscow postcards typically feature the colourful striped domes of St. Basil's Cathedral and the neighboring Red Square. St.
- With three-tiered roofs and no trace of the later onion domes and ogival arches, traditional Malay mosques are well ventilated and perfectly suited to a tropical climate. Wind of Change
- Don't Orthodox churches have onion domes? Times, Sunday Times
- Inquiring into their history, I surprisingly found the origin of the term onion dome has eluded historical record, as has the date and origin of the design. Paul & Matt's Sports Attack
- Like his father, he favoured the dumping of Muscovite architecture into St Petersburg's classical townscape; the more onion domes the better, even if long-established residents hated them.
- Her grandfather helped make the original church's onion dome; the congregation now occupies a spectacular modern church decorated by the most amazing icons and a gilded chancel screen "iconostasis" of wheat and grape motifs. Philocrites: December 2003 Archives