peripteral | (adj) having columns on all sides, Ant. apteral |
peristylar | (adj) having columniation completely circling an area of the structure, Syn. pseudoperipteral |
Peripteral | a. [ Gr., fr. &unr_; + &unr_; feather, wing, row of columns. ] (Arch.) Having columns on all sides; -- said of an edifice. See Apteral. [ 1913 Webster ] |
Pseudo-peripteral | a. [ Pseudo- + peripteral: cf. F. pseudopériptère. ] (Arch.) Falsely or imperfectly peripteral, as a temple having the columns at the sides attached to the walls, and an ambulatory only at the ends or only at one end. -- |