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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

mo•dil•lion n. [Archit.]

Architecturean ornamental cantilever beneath the corona or similar member of a cornice, stringcourse, etc.

Vulgar Latin *mutiliōnem, variant of *mūtuliōnem, accusative of *mūtuliō. See mutule, -ion
Italian modiglione
1555–65

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intermodillion - mutule

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