peristylium

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

/ ˌpɛr əˈstaɪ li əm, -ˈstɪl i- /

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noun, plural per·i·sty·li·a

[per-uh-stahy-lee-uh, -stil-ee-uh]. /ˌpɛr əˈstaɪ li ə, -ˈstɪl i ə/.

a peristyle.

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Origin of peristylium

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

The same plan of rooms was carried out also on the opposite side of the peristylium, as was shown by some excavations in 1869.
Old Rome|Robert Burn
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
Opening out from the peristylium is the Lararium, or room of the household gods.
Rambles in Rome|S. Russell Forbes
Besides, he is there only while he is asleep; for the rest he has his atrium and his peristylium.
Roman Women|Alfred Brittain

Mamercus heard a rush down one of the passages leading to the peristylium.
A Friend of Caesar|William Stearns Davis