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<p>In <a href="page.php?w=architecture">architecture</a>, an <b>impost</b> or <b>impost block</b> is a projecting block resting on top of a column or embedded in a wall, serving as the base for the <a href="page.php?w=springer_%28architecture%29_">springer</a> or lowest <a href="page.php?w=voussoir">voussoir</a> of an <a href="page.php?w=arch">arch</a>. The term <b>impost capital</b> is also used when appropriate.</p>

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