peripteral

American  

[puh-rip-ter-uhl] / pəˈrɪp tər əl /

adjective

1. (of a classical temple or other structure) surrounded by a single row of columns.

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peripteral British  

/ pəˈrɪptərəl /

adjective

1. having a row of columns on all sides

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Etymology

Origin of peripteral

1820–30; < Latin peripter ( on ) (< Greek, noun use of neuter of perípteros encompassed round with columns, literally, flying around; see peri-, -pterous) + -al ¹

Example Sentences

There are also circular temples, some of which are constructed in monopteral form, surrounded by columns but without a cella, while others are termed peripteral.

From The Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius Pollio

The temple seems to have been hexastyle peripteral, but all trace of the cella has disappeared.

From Portuguese Architecture by Watson, Walter Crum

They are all planned like a temple in antis,—the earliest form, from which the peripteral easily follows.

From Problems in Greek history by Mahaffy, John Pentland

The Ionic order was much used in the Greek cities of Asia Minor for peripteral temples.

From A History of Greek Art by Tarbell, Frank Bigelow

But if such a temple is to be constructed in peripteral form, let two steps and then the stylobate be constructed below.

From The Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius Pollio