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Webster 1913 Edition

Pycnostyle

Pyc′no-style

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Adj.
[Gr. [GREEK] with the pillars close together; [GREEK] close + [GREEK] a column, pillar: cf. F.
pycnostyle
.]
(Anc. Arch.)
See under
Intercolumniation
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Noun.
A pycnostyle colonnade.

Webster 1828 Edition

Pycnostyle

PYC'NOSTYLE

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Noun.
[Gr. thick, and column.] In ancient architecture, a building where the columns stand very close to each other; only one diameter and a half of the column being allowed to each intercolumniation.

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