periptery

[puh-rip-tuh-ree]

noun

plural

peripteries 

1. a peripteral building.

Word History and Origins

Origin of periptery¹

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

Example Sentences

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

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