in general, denotes something belonging to Corinth: thus we say, Corinthian brass, Corinthian order, &c.

CORINTHIAN Brass. See Brass and CORINTH.

CORINTHIAN Order, in Architecture, the fourth order of architecture, according to Scamozzi; but M. Le Clerc makes it the fifth, being the most noble and delicate of all the five. See ARCHITECTURE, No. 47.