amphistylar

am·phi·sty·lar

 (ăm′fĭ-stī′lər)

adj.

Having columns at both front and back or on each side, as some Greek temples.

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[From amphi- + Greek stūlos, pillar; see stā- in Indo-European roots.]

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amphistylar

(ˌæmfɪˈstaɪlə)

adj

(Architecture) (esp of a classical temple) having a set of columns at both ends or at both sides

n

(Architecture) a temple of this kind

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Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	amphistylar - having columns either at both ends or at both sides columned - having or resembling columns; having columns of a specified kind (often used as a combining form); "a columned portico"; "trees with columned trunks"; "white-columned houses"
	2.	amphistylar - marked by columniation having free columns in porticoes either at both ends or at both sides of a structure amphiprostylar, amphiprostyle, porticoed apteral - having columns at one or both ends but not along the sides

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