Ar`chi*tec*ton"ics, n. The science of architecture.
Ar"chi*tec`tor (&?;), n. An architect. [Obs.] North.
Ar"chi*tec`tress (&?;), n. A female architect.
Ar`chi*tec"tur*al (&?;), a. Of or pertaining to the art of building; conformed to the rules of architecture. -- Ar`chi*tec"tur*al*ly, adv.
Ar"chi*tec`ture (?; 135), n. [L. architectura, fr. architectus: cf. F. architecture. See Architect.] 1. The art or science of building; especially, the art of building houses, churches, bridges, and other structures, for the purposes of civil life; -- often called civil architecture.
Many other architectures besides Gothic.
Ruskin.