periptery
Americannoun
plural
peripteriesEtymology
Origin of periptery
< Greek perípter ( os ) ( see peripteral) + -y 3
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Perip′teral, having a periptery or range of columns all round, said of a temple, &c.;
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various
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