Peristyle

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A series of columns surrounding a building or enclosing a court.
  • n. A court enclosed by columns.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. colonnade surrounding a courtyard, temple, etc.
  • n. A courtyard; the space surrounded by a colonnade.
  • n. A porch surrounded by columns.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A range of columns with their entablature, etc.; specifically, a complete system of columns, whether on all sides of a court, or surrounding a building, such as the cella of a temple. Used in the former sense, it gives name to the larger and inner court of a Roman dwelling, the peristyle. See colonnade.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In architecture, a range or ranges of columns surrounding any part, as the cella of a Greek temple, or any place, as a court or cloister, or the atrium of a classical house. See cuts under Greek and opisthodomos.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a colonnade surrounding a building or enclosing a court
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    colonnade   
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    colonnade   
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