Peripteral

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  • adjective. Having a single row of columns on all sides.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • In architecture, surrounded by a single range of columns: said especially of a temple in which the cella is surrounded by columns. See cut under opisthodomos.
  • noun. Any peripteral building, especially a Greek or Roman temple with columns on every side. Also peripteros. See cut at opisthodomus.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Having columns on all sides; -- said of an edifice. See apteral.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Surrounded by a single row of columns
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  • adjective. having columns on all sides
  • Word Usage
    "Again, most of the Grecian Doric temples were peripteral, that is, were surrounded with pillars on all the sides."
    Equivalent
    variant
    apteral