peripteryn.
/pᵻˈrɪpt(ə)ri/, U.S. /pəˈrɪpt(ə)ri/ Architecture. Now rare.
= peripteros n. Cf. peripter n.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > column > [noun] > columned structure > structure with specific arrangement of columns
diastyle1563
portico1607
porticus1617
peripterosa1652
systyle1664
pseudoperipter1692
monopter1696
peripter1696
pycnostylea1706
amphiprostyle1706
araeostyle1706
dipteros1706
monopteros1706
pseudoperipteros1706
periptery1708
tambour1823
monopteral1845
1708 J. James tr. C. Perrault Treat. Five Orders of Columns ii. ii. 58 Angles so blunt as those made on the Periptery by the Lines of two Sides.
1826 J. Elmes Gen. Dict. Fine Arts Periptery,..an edifice or temple environed..by a range of insulated columns.
1852 W. Brown Carpenter's Assistant 141 A temple surrounded by a periptery, that is, encompassed by columns.
1999 J. S. Curl Dict. Archit. 491/1 Periptery, row of columns around a temple, also called peristyle.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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