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Synonyms for peristyle


Grammar : Noun
Spell : per-uh-stahyl
Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɛr əˌstaɪl

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Définition of peristyle

Origin :
  • 1610s, from French péristyle "row of columns surrounding a building" (mid-16c.), from Latin peristylum, from Greek peristylon "colonnade around a temple or court," noun use of neuter of peristylos "surrounded with a colonnade," from peri- "around" (see peri-) + stylos "pillar" (see stet).
  • As in colonnade : noun columns
  • As in column : noun pillar
Example sentences :
  • Tablinum, in a Roman house, the room between the atrium and the peristyle.
  • Extract from : « Architecture » by Thomas Roger Smith
  • Fauces, the passage from the atrium to the peristyle in a Roman house.
  • Extract from : « Architecture » by Thomas Roger Smith
  • It had a peristyle of ugly columns at the top of a flight of steps.
  • Extract from : « Romance » by Joseph Conrad and F.M. Hueffer
  • A peristyle that has one such higher colonnade is called a Rhodian peristyle.
  • Extract from : « Ten Books on Architecture » by Vitruvius
  • He was out in the peristyle now, bowing low before the captain-general.
  • Extract from : « The Lion's Brood » by Duffield Osborne
  • Just look under the peristyle at the Bourse from three to five.
  • Extract from : « The Nabob, Volume 1 (of 2) » by Alphonse Daudet
  • But she paused before the peristyle, turning to face the people again.
  • Extract from : « The Royal Pawn of Venice » by Mrs. Lawrence Turnbull
  • At the bottom of the peristyle, on the right, is a triclinium.
  • Extract from : « Museum of Antiquity » by L. W. Yaggy
  • On the right is the passage called fauces, leading to the peristyle.
  • Extract from : « Museum of Antiquity » by L. W. Yaggy
  • At the eastern end of the peristyle there was a pretty fountain, with a jet d'eau.
  • Extract from : « Museum of Antiquity » by L. W. Yaggy
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