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Etymology
From French péristyle, from classical Latin peristylum, from Hellenistic Greek �ε�ί���λον, noun use of the neuter form of �ε�ί���λο� �surrounded by columns�, from �ε�ι- + ��ῦλο� �pillar�.
Pronunciation
(UK) IPA|/�p�ɹɪstaɪl/
(US) IPA|/�p�ɻ�staɪl/
Noun
en-noun
- A colonnade surrounding a courtyard, temple etc., or the space thus enclosed.
#*1942: One cannot, for example, see the Temple of �sculapius as one stands in the fine open courtyard as it was intended one should do; the interstices on that side of the peristyle have been blocked by Venetian Gothic buildings � Rebecca West, Black Lamb and Grey Falcon (Canongate 2006, p. 143)
- A porch surrounded by columns.
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