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prostyle
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective prostyle has 1 sense
- prostyle(s = adj.all) pseudoprostyle - marked by columniation having free columns in a portico only across the opening to the structure; Array
CIDE DICTIONARY
prostyle, a. [L. prostylus, Gr. ; before + pillar, column: cf. F. prostyle.].
Having columns in front. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
prostyle, n. & adj.
--n. a portico with not more than four columns.
--adj. (of a building) having such a portico.
--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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