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[ ok-tuh-stahyl ] / ˈɒk təˌstaɪl /
adjective Architecture.having eight columns in the front, as a temple or portico. Words nearby octastyleoctanoic acid, Octans, octant, octarchy, octaroon, octastyle, octateuch, octavalent, octave, octave coupler, Octavia Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for octastyleThe hexastyle temple is necessarily more high and more narrow than the octastyle building. How to judge architecture|Russell Sturgis It was peripteral, octastyle; that is, surrounded with a portico of columns, with eight to each façade. Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects, and Curiosities of Art, (Vol. 2 of 3)|Shearjashub Spooner There is no example of this sort in Rome, but in Athens there is the octastyle in the precinct of the Olympian. Ten Books on Architecture|Vitruvius Hexastyle: Having six columns; as in the case of octastyle for eight. How to judge architecture|Russell Sturgis
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