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pentastyle, a. and n. Arch. rare—0.|ˈpɛntəstaɪl| [f. penta- + Gr. στῦλ-ος pillar. (So in mod.F.)] a. adj. Having five columns in front or at the end, as a building. b. n. A building or portico having five columns.
1727–41Chambers Cycl., Pentastyle, in architecture, a work wherein are five rows of columns. 1794Rudim. Anc. Archit. (1810) 122 Pentastyle, an edifice having five columns in front. 1823P. Nicholson Pract. Build. 590. 1882 Ogilvie, Pentastyle,..having five columns. |