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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DECASTYLE

n.[Gr. ten and a column. ] A building with an ordnance of ten columns in front.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DECASTYLE

Dec "a *style, a. Etym: [Gr. (Arch. )

Defn: Having ten columns in front; -- said of a portico, temple, etc. -- n.

Defn: A portico having ten pillars or columns in front.

New American Oxford Dictionary

decastyle

decastyle |ˈdɛkəstʌɪl |Architecture ▶adjective (of a temple or portico ) having ten columns. ▶noun a ten-columned portico. ORIGIN early 18th cent.: from Greek dekastulos ‘having ten columns ’, from deka ‘ten ’ + stulos ‘column ’.

Oxford Dictionary

decastyle

decastyle |ˈdɛkəstʌɪl |Architecture ▶adjective (of a temple or portico ) having ten columns. ▶noun a ten-columned portico. ORIGIN early 18th cent.: from Greek dekastulos ‘having ten columns ’, from deka ‘ten ’ + stulos ‘column ’.