octostyle
English
editEtymology
editNoun
editoctostyle (plural octostyles)
- (architecture) A temple or portico with eight columns in front.
- The Parthenon in Athens is an octostyle, but most large Greek temples are hexastyle.
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edit- “octostyle”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
French
editNoun
editoctostyle m (plural octostyles)