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amphiprostyle
[am-fip-ruh-stahyl, am-fuh-proh-stahyl]
adjective
prostyle on both fronts.
amphiprostyle
/ ˌæmfɪˈprəʊstaɪl, æmˈfɪprəˌstaɪl /
adjective
(esp of a classical temple) having a set of columns at both ends but not at the sides
noun
a temple of this kind
Other 51Թ Forms
- amphiprostylar adjective
- ˌˈٲ adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of amphiprostyle1
Example Sentences
Without lateral columns; Ð applied to buildings which have no series of columns along their sides, but are either prostyle or amphiprostyle, and opposed to peripteral.
The form of the building is that known as amphiprostyle peripteral hexastyle.
It also was of the Ionic order, and belonged to the type known as “amphiprostyle,” with a portico of four columns in the front and rear but no peristyle.
Did a vestibule exist at the front only, the temple would be called prostyle; as it is, it is amphiprostyle.
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