peripter

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. In classical architecture, a building surrounded by a single row of columns.
  2. An encompassing single row of columns.

Word forms

peripter peripters

Etymology

From peri- + Ancient Greek πτερόν (pterón, “wing”).

Related words

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