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‖ peribolus, -os|pəˈrɪbələs, -ɒs|
[a. Gr. περίβολος compass, circuit, enclosure (as of a temple), whence in eccl. L. peribolus (Vulgate); f. περί round + βολ-, from βάλλειν to throw: cf. prec.]
In Gr. Antiq. An enclosure or court around a temple; the wall bounding such an enclosure. Hence applied to an exterior enclosure in early Christian churches.
1706Phillips, Peribolus (in Archit.) the outward Wall encompassing any Place; also a Park or Warren. 1776R. Chandler Trav. Greece iii. 12 The temple was inclosed by a peribolus or wall. 1861Lewin Jerusalem 207 The old wall, the outer peribolus of the Temple platform.
attrib.1891A. B. Edwards Pharaohs, Fellahs & Expl. 43 The peribolos wall twenty-four feet in thickness. |