peristylium

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

/ ˌpɛr əˈstaɪ li əm, -ˈstɪl i- /

a peristyle.

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You may have read the word "simmer" in a recipe or two, but what does it really mean?

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

The Greek bowed his farewells, then followed the boy back through the court of the peristylium.
A Friend of Caesar|William Stearns Davis
And the door, beaten from its fastenings by a mighty stroke, tumbled inward on to the mosaic pavement of the peristylium.
A Friend of Caesar|William Stearns Davis
Mamercus heard a rush down one of the passages leading to the peristylium.
A Friend of Caesar|William Stearns Davis
Besides, he is there only while he is asleep; for the rest he has his atrium and his peristylium.
Roman Women|Alfred Brittain

The Agonothetai employed him to paint a wrestler or champion, to adorn the peristylium of the Gymnasia.
The Scrap Book. Volume 1, No. 2|Various