hypostyle
Americanadjective
noun
adjective
noun
Etymology
Origin of hypostyle
1825–35; < Greek hypóstȳlos resting on pillars, equivalent to hypo- hypo- + -stȳlos -style 2
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Squared-off columns and massive beams form an underwater hypostyle hall that is at once claustrophobic — dank, close and cool — and yet seemingly limitless.
From New York Times ● Aug. 8, 2016
A profusion of stout, mushroom-shaped columns gives the floors the feeling of a hypostyle hall in an ancient Egyptian temple.
From New York Times ● Jan. 21, 2015
Then he conducted Rameses to the hypostyle and gave the order to admit deputations within the wall of the temple.
From The Pharaoh and the Priest An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt by Alexander Glovatski
The peristyle is loftier than the hypostyle hall, and the hypostyle hall is loftier than the sanctuary.
From Manual of Egyptian Archaeology and Guide to the Study of Antiquities in Egypt by G. (Gaston) Maspero
This hypostyle hall stood with its greatest length transverse to the general axis of the temple, so that it was entered from the side.
From Architecture Classic and Early Christian by T. Roger (Thomas Roger) Smith
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