hypostyle

[hahy-puh-stahyl, hip-uh-]Architecture

adjective

having many columns carrying the roof or ceiling: a hypostyle hall.

noun

a hypostyle structure.

Origin of hypostyle

1825–35; < Greek hypóstȳlos resting on pillars, equivalent to hypo- hypo- + -stȳlos -style²

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Examples from the Web for hypostyle

Historical Examples of hypostyle

Hypostyle, literally “under columns,” but used to mean filled by columns.
Architecture
Thomas Roger Smith
It is not so large, however, and it contains no hypostyle hall.
A history of art in ancient Egypt, Vol. I (of 2)
Georges Perrot
It is to this room that the name of hypostyle hall has been given.
A history of art in ancient Egypt, Vol. I (of 2)
Georges Perrot
The hypostyle of the temple of the God Amen—that could be no other thing but one.
Egypt (La Mort De Philae)
Pierre Loti
The gloom deepens in the hypostyle which follows the pronaos.
Egypt (La Mort De Philae)
Pierre Loti

British Dictionary definitions for hypostyle

hypostyle

adjective

having a roof supported by columns

noun

a building constructed in this way

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