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tetrastyle, n. and a. Arch.|ˈtɛtrəstaɪl|
[ad. L. tetrastȳl-os adj., tetrastȳl-on n., a. Gr. τετρά-στῡλος (neut. -ον) with four pillars, f. τετρα- tetra- + στῦλος pillar. Cf. F. tétrastyle.]
A. n. A structure having four pillars or columns; a group of four pillars.
1704J. Harris Lex. Techn. I, Tetrastyle..is a Building which hath four Columns in the Faces before and behind. 1769De Foe's Tour Gt. Brit. I. 369 An Organ of very good Workmanship, and supported by a Tetrastyle of beautiful Gothic Columns. 1842Francis Dict. Art, etc., Tetrastyle, a building having four columns in front.
B. adj. Having or consisting of four columns.
1837Antiq. Athens 42 Including the tetrastyle portico and that of the Caryatides. 1838J. L. Stephens Trav., Russia 85/1 A tetrastyle Ionic temple of the purest white marble. 1842–76Gwilt Archit. Gloss. s.v. Colonnade, If the columns are four in number, it is called tetrastyle.
So tetrastylic |-ˈstɪlɪk| a. = B.; also tetraˈstylous a. Bot., having four styles or pistils.
1860Mayne Expos. Lex., Tetrastylus,..having four styles..: tetrastylous. 1895Funk's Stand. Dict., Tetrastylic. |