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PERISTYLE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does peristyle mean?
• PERISTYLE (noun)
The noun PERISTYLE has 1 sense:
1. a colonnade surrounding a building or enclosing a court
Familiarity information: PERISTYLE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A colonnade surrounding a building or enclosing a court
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("peristyle" is a kind of...):
colonnade (structure consisting of a row of evenly spaced columns)
Derivation:
peristylar (having columniation completely circling an area of the structure)
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