Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for CU'PO-LA
CU'PO-LA, n. [It. cupola; Sp. cupula; from the root of cup, or rather from W. cop, a top or summit.]
In architecture, a spherical vault on the top of an edifice; a dome, or the round top of a dome. Encyc.
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