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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

PERIPTERAL

Pe *rip "ter *al, a. Etym: [Gr. , fr. (Arch. )

 

Defn: Having columns on all sides; -- said of an edifice. See Apteral.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

peripteral

pe rip ter al |pəˈriptərəl pəˈrɪptərəl | adjective Architecture (of a building ) having a single row of pillars on all sides in the style of the temples of ancient Greece. ORIGIN early 19th cent.: from Greek peripteron (from peri- around + pteron wing ) + -al .

 

Oxford Dictionary

peripteral

peripteral |pəˈrɪpt (ə )r (ə )l | adjective Architecture (of a building ) having a single row of pillars on all sides in the style of the temples of ancient Greece. ORIGIN early 19th cent.: from Greek peripteron (from peri- around + pteron wing ) + -al .

 

Duden Dictionary

Peripteraltempel

Pe ri p te ral tem pel, Pe rip te ral tem pel Substantiv, maskulin , der Peripteros |Peripter a ltempel |zu griechisch perípteros, substantiviertes Adjektiv und eigentlich = ringsum mit Flügeln versehen rings von einem Säulengang umgebener antiker Tempel