peristylium

[per-uh-stahy-lee-uhm, -stil-ee-]

noun

plural

peristylia 

1. a peristyle.

Word History and Origins

Origin of peristylium¹

1665–75; < Latin peristȳlium < Greek peristȳ́lion, diminutive of perístȳlon peristyle

Example Sentences

These villas easily covered 800 or 900 square meters and were built around three central spaces -- the atrium with an opening in the roof; the tablinum, the main living room; and the peristylium, another court surrounded by columns.

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It shows the quadriform arrangement of the dark chambers around the open courts, of which one is the atrium, one the peristylium.

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A crimson awning had been drawn over the peristylium and the soft light of scores of lamps shone upward against it.

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Passing the tablinum or room of archives, they proceeded into the peristylium, a still larger transverse court or lawn with verdant shrubbery and a chaste towering fountain.

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Then she mentioned that the young lady in the peristylium was much distressed.

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