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Prostyle

Adjective, Noun

pro=style

WORDNET DICTIONARY

prostyle(s = adj.all) pseudoprostyle - marked by columniation having free columns in a portico only across the opening to the structure; Array

Prostyle, a. [L. prostylus, Gr. ; before + pillar, column: cf. F. prostyle.].

Having columns in front. [1913 Webster]

Prostyle, n. & adj.
--n. a portico with not more than four columns.
--adj. (of a building) having such a portico.

Etymology

L prostylos having pillars in front (as PRO-(2), STYLE)

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