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neo-Gothic

Adjective

Meaning

neo-Gothic (not comparable)

(architecture, literature) Of or relating to a more recent iteration of a Gothic style.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

On sober reflection, I find few reasons for publishing my Italian version of an obscure, neo-Gothic French version of a seventeenth century Latin edition of a work written in Latin by a German Monk toward the end of the fourteenth century...First of all, what style should I employ? Umberto Eco

A History of St John's College, produced by Tim Rawle Associates, Cloister Press, p. 24 It is a single-span bridge of stone with highly decorative Neo-Gothic covered footwalk over with traceried openings. Source: Internet

Around 1815, architects broke with the baroque style and started building in different neo-styles. citation Most Gothic style buildings date from that era and are therefore said to be built in a neo-gothic style. Source: Internet

Bätschmann & Griener, 208. Walpole hung his neo-Gothic house at Strawberry Hill with copies of Holbeins and kept a Holbein room. Source: Internet

Mitchell has a view from his city apartment across to Fitzroy Gardens and Melbourne’s two seats of power: Parliament House and the neo-Gothic spires of St Patrick’s Catholic cathedral. Source: Internet

Home to Benedictine Nuns, a historic neo-Gothic church, Victorian walled gardens and-- of course-- spectacular views, Kylemore Abbey is a staple of any trip to Connemara. Source: Internet

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