octastyle

American  

[ok-tuh-stahyl] / ˈɒk təˌstaɪl /

adjective

Architecture.

1. having eight columns in the front, as a temple or portico.

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The Parthenon was of the Doric order of architecture, and was of the form termed peripteral octastyle; that is to say, it was surrounded by a colonnade, which had eight columns at each end.

From A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) by A. H. Smith

Then, whether the temple is to be tetrastyle, hexastyle, or octastyle, let one of these parts be taken, and it will be the module.

From The Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius Pollio

If an octastyle is to be constructed, let the front be divided into twenty-four parts and a half.

From The Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius Pollio

It was peripteral, octastyle; that is, surrounded with a portico of columns, with eight to each façade.

From Anecdotes of Painters, Engravers, Sculptors and Architects, and Curiosities of Art, (Vol. 2 of 3) by Shearjashub Spooner

There is no example of this sort in Rome, but in Athens there is the octastyle in the precinct of the Olympian.

From The Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius Pollio