pseudoperipteral

American  

[soo-doh-puh-rip-ter-uhl] / ˌsu doʊ pəˈrɪp tər əl /

adjective

Architecture.

1. having a freestanding colonnade at each end, with engaged columns at the sides.

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Etymology

Origin of pseudoperipteral

First recorded in 1840–50; pseudo- + peripteral

Example Sentences

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pseudoperipteral

So, while leaving all the rest in the same symmetrical proportions, they appear to have produced a new kind of plan with the new name "pseudoperipteral."

From The Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius Pollio

This temple, 59 ft. by 117 ft., is of the Corinthian order, hexastyle, pseudoperipteral, with a portico three columns deep, and is raised on a podium 12 ft. high.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" by Various