The Collaborative International Dictionary
Grouped columns
Group \Group\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Grouped; p. pr. & vb. n. Grouping.] [Cf. F. grouper. See Group, n.] To form a group of; to arrange or combine in a group or in groups, often with reference to mutual relation and the best effect; to form an assemblage of.
The difficulty lies in drawing and disposing, or, as
the painters term it, in grouping such a multitude of
different objects.
--Prior.
[1913 Webster] Grouped columns (Arch.), three or more
columns placed upon the same pedestal.