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periptery

American  
[puh-rip-tuh-ree] / pəˈrɪp tə ri /

noun

PLURAL

peripteries

  1. a peripteral building.

Etymology

Origin of periptery

< Greek perípter ( os ) ( peripteral ) + -y 3

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Perip′teral, having a periptery or range of columns all round, said of a temple, &c.;

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