hexastyle

American

[hek-suh-stahyl] / ˈhɛk səˌstaɪl /

adjective

Architecture.

having six columns, as a portico or the facade of a classical temple.

hexastyle British

/ ˈhɛksəˌstaɪl /

noun

a portico or façade with six columns

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adjective

having six columns

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The Grade II listed Doric hexastyle portico is topped by a triglyph frieze and a pediment.

From BBC

The architecture is said closely to approach that of the hexastyle hyp�thral Temple of P�stum.

From Project Gutenberg

Hexastyle, heks′a-stīl, adj. having six columns, of a portico or temple having six columns in front.

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The temple is of the kind called peripteral hexastyle.

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The form of the building is that known as amphiprostyle peripteral hexastyle.

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