octastyle

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oc·ta·style (

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adj.

Having eight frontal columns in the portico, as in some Greek temples.

[Latin octastlus, from Greek oktastlos : okta-, octa- + stlos, pillar; see st- in Indo-European roots.]

octastyle

after a plan of the Parthenon, Athens

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