peristylium
Americannoun
PLURAL
peristyliaEtymology
Origin of peristylium
1665–75; < Latin peristȳlium < Greek peristȳ́lion, diminutive of perístȳlon peristyle
Example Sentences
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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.
From BusinessWeek
It shows the quadriform arrangement of the dark chambers around the open courts, of which one is the atrium, one the peristylium.
From Project Gutenberg
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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