Synonyms for peristyle

Grammar : Noun

Spell : per-uh-stahyl

Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɛr əˌstaɪl

Top 10 synonyms for peristyle

Other synonyms for the word peristyle

Définition of peristyle

Origin : 1610s, from French péristyle "row of columns surrounding a building" (mid-16c.), from Latin peristylum, from Greek peristylon "colonnade around a temple or court," noun use of neuter of peristylos "surrounded with a colonnade," from peri- "around" (see peri-) + stylos "pillar" (see stet).

As in colonnade : noun columns
As in column : noun pillar

Example sentences :

Tablinum, in a Roman house, the room between the atrium and the peristyle.
Extract from : « Architecture » by Thomas Roger Smith

Fauces, the passage from the atrium to the peristyle in a Roman house.
Extract from : « Architecture » by Thomas Roger Smith

It had a peristyle of ugly columns at the top of a flight of steps.
Extract from : « Romance » by Joseph Conrad and F.M. Hueffer

A peristyle that has one such higher colonnade is called a Rhodian peristyle.
Extract from : « Ten Books on Architecture » by Vitruvius

He was out in the peristyle now, bowing low before the captain-general.
Extract from : « The Lion's Brood » by Duffield Osborne

Just look under the peristyle at the Bourse from three to five.
Extract from : « The Nabob, Volume 1 (of 2) » by Alphonse Daudet

But she paused before the peristyle, turning to face the people again.
Extract from : « The Royal Pawn of Venice » by Mrs. Lawrence Turnbull

At the bottom of the peristyle, on the right, is a triclinium.
Extract from : « Museum of Antiquity » by L. W. Yaggy

On the right is the passage called fauces, leading to the peristyle.
Extract from : « Museum of Antiquity » by L. W. Yaggy

At the eastern end of the peristyle there was a pretty fountain, with a jet d'eau.
Extract from : « Museum of Antiquity » by L. W. Yaggy

Based on : Thesaurus.com - Gutenberg.org - Dictionary.com - Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019