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epistyle
[ ep-uh-stahyl ]
/ ˈɛp əˌstaɪl /
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noun
the architrave of a classical building.
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Origin of epistyle
1555–65; <Latin epistȳlium the crossbeam resting on the column <Greek epistŷlion crossbeam of architrave (epi-epi- + stŷl(os) a column, pillar, post + -ion diminutive suffix)
OTHER WORDS FROM epistyle
ep·i·sty·lar, adjectiveWords nearby epistyle
epistolic, epistolize, epistolography, epistrophe, epistropheus, epistyle, episyllogism, epit., epitaph, epitasis, epitaxial transistor
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Word Origin for epistyle
C17: via Latin epistӯlium from Greek epistulion, from epi- + stulos column, style
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