Corinthian
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Guests on the Orient Express Corinthian ship have access to custom tailoring as well as a library with 1,500 books.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 18, 2026
It moved in 1838 to its current building where there are Corinthian columns marked with an inscription reading "Maiorvm Gloria Posteris Lvmen Est", meaning "the glory of our ancestors is a light to our descendants".
From BBC • Apr. 18, 2024
The building, with its Neoclassical Revival-style, Corinthian columns and visual landmark central dome, was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 11, 2023
Draped in a sparkling gold cape, with a feathered Corinthian helmet on his head, Yohance Goodrich II high-stepped onto the field as Mr. Spartan with Norfolk State’s Spartan Legion band trailing behind.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 12, 2023
Compared with the soaring office towers surrounding it, it’s squatty but not without grandeur, featuring tall Corinthian columns out front and giant, echoing lobbies made primarily of marble.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
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