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Webster 1913 Edition
Peristyle
Per′i-style
,Noun.
[L.
peristylum
, Gr. περίστυλον
, περίστυλος
; περί
about + στῦλοσ
a column: cf. F. péristyle
.] (Arch.)
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
. Webster 1828 Edition
Peristyle
PER'ISTYLE
,Noun.
Definition 2024
peristyle
peristyle
See also: péristyle
English
Noun
peristyle (plural peristyles)
- A colonnade surrounding a courtyard, temple, etc.
- 1942, Rebecca West, Black Lamb and Grey Falcon (Canongate 2006), page 143:
- One cannot, for example, see the Temple of Æsculapius as one stands in the fine open courtyard as it was intended one should do; the interstices on that side of the peristyle have been blocked by Venetian Gothic buildings.
- 1942, Rebecca West, Black Lamb and Grey Falcon (Canongate 2006), page 143:
- A courtyard; the space surrounded by a colonnade.
- A porch surrounded by columns.
Translations
colonnade surrounding a courtyard, temple, etc.
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a courtyard; the space surrounded by a colonnade
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a porch surrounded by columns
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