hexastyle

American  

[hek-suh-stahyl] / ˈhɛk səˌstaɪl /

adjective

Architecture.

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

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hexastyle British  

/ ˈhɛksəˌstaɪl /

noun

1. a portico or façade with six columns

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adjective

1. having six columns

Example Sentences

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

From BBC • Nov. 13, 2019

That it does not so stand must be due to the fact that the architect sought likewise to provide for the view of the observer who approached the Pinakotheke from behind the hexastyle.

From Problems in Periclean Buildings by Elderkin, G. W. (George Wicker)

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

From Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 113, December 27, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various

It is necessary to emphasize the fact that the passage back of the hexastyle was the normal means of access to the Pinakotheke.

From Problems in Periclean Buildings by Elderkin, G. W. (George Wicker)

This temple, 59 ft. by 117 ft., is of the Corinthian order, hexastyle, pseudoperipteral, with a portico three columns deep, and is raised on a podium 12 ft. high.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" by Various