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amphiprostyle Arch.|æmˈfɪprəstaɪl| [a. Fr. amphiprostyle, ad. L. amphiprostȳl-us, a. Gr. ἀµϕιπρόστῡλ-ος, f. ἀµϕί on both sides + πρόστῡλος prostyle.] ‘A temple having a portico in the rear as well as the front, but without columns at the sides. This..never exceeded the use of four columns in the front, and four in the rear.’ Gwilt.
1706Phillips, Amphyprostylos or Amphyprostyle, a kind of Temple of the Ancients, which had four Columns or Pillars in the Front, and as many in the Face behind. [So in Bailey, etc. Amphip-.] 1850J. Leitch Müller's Anc. Art §288 Temples are divided into..prostyle, with porticoes on the front, and amphiprostyle, at the two ends. |