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peˈripter, -ere ? Obs. Arch.
[a. F. périptère (1559 in Hatz.-Darm.), ad. med.L. peripteron (Vitruv.), a. Gr. περίπτερον, neuter of περίπτερος winged about, f. περί about + πτερόν wing.]
A peripteral building. So ‖ peripteros, peˈriptery.
1696Phillips (ed. 5), Peripter, a sort of Temple, which had Pillars on all the Four quarters [ed. 1706 Peripteron or Periptere]. 1704J. Harris Lex. Techn. I, Periptere, in Architecture, is a Place encompassed round with Columns. 1760Raper in Phil. Trans. LI. 799 Temples of this form were usually peripteres..as the two temples of Vesta. 1823P. Nicholson Pract. Build. 590. 1826 J. Elmes Dict. Fine Arts, Periptery, an edifice or temple environed..by a range of insulated columns. |