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amphiprostyle


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Amphiprostyle  \Am*phip"ro*style\,  a.  [L.  amphiprostylos  Gr  ? 
  having  a  double  prostyle:  cf  F.  amphiprostyle.  See 
  {Prostyle}.]  (Arch.) 
  Doubly  prostyle;  having  columns  at  each  end  but  not  at  the 
  sides.  --  n.  An  amphiprostyle  temple  or  edifice. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  amphiprostyle 
  adj  :  marked  by  columniation  having  free  columns  in  porticoes 
  either  at  both  ends  or  at  both  sides  of  a  structure 
  [syn:  {amphiprostylar},  {amphistylar},  {porticoed}] 




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