单词 | peristylium |
释义 | peristyliumn. Architecture. Now rare. = peristyle n. 1. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > architecture > column > [noun] > colonnade peristyle1612 peristylium1658 quadriporticus1711 colonnade1718 colonnado1725 orthostyle1831 1658 Sir T. Browne Garden of Cyrus iv, in Hydriotaphia: Urne-buriall 177 The opposite ranks of trees standing like pillars in the Cavedia of the Courts of famous buildings..Somewhat imitating the Peristylia or Cloyster buildings,..wherein men discoursed, walked and exercised. 1673 J. Ray Observ. Journey Low-countries 268 A large square Court compassed about with the fairest peristylium or Cloyster that I ever saw. 1776 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall I. xiii. 396 The approach was terminated by a peristylium of granite columns. 1801 E. King Munimenta Antiqua II. 188 This entrance led into a great outer court.., or Atrium Majus (sometimes called Peristylium). 1864 Times 29 Mar. 4/3 A walk in the peristylium of the house. 1985 K. Mitchell A.D. Anno Domini i. vii. 55 Sejanus was able to fulfill his carefully arranged tryst with Livilla in the peristylium, Antonia's shaded courtyard. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1658 |
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