hypostyle
Americanadjective
noun
adjective
noun
Etymology
Origin of hypostyle
1825–35; < Greek hypóstȳlos resting on pillars, equivalent to hypo- hypo- + -stȳlos -style 2
Example Sentences
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Squared-off columns and massive beams form an underwater hypostyle hall that is at once claustrophobic — dank, close and cool — and yet seemingly limitless.
From New York Times ● Aug. 8, 2016
A profusion of stout, mushroom-shaped columns gives the floors the feeling of a hypostyle hall in an ancient Egyptian temple.
From New York Times ● Jan. 21, 2015
At Karnak, in the aisles of the hypostyle hall, the capital is 10 feet high, the shaft 33 feet, and the base diameter 6-3/4 feet.
From Manual of Egyptian Archaeology and Guide to the Study of Antiquities in Egypt by Maspero, G. (Gaston)
He traversed the hypostyle hall and the maze of the granitic forest with its one hundred and sixty-two pillars tall and strong as towers.
From The Works of Theophile Gautier, Volume 5 The Romance of a Mummy and Egypt by Sumichrast, Frederick C. de (Frederick Caesar de)
His palace was aglow, from its tremendous portals to the airy hypostyle upon its root and from far-reaching wing to wing, with countless colored lights.
From The Yoke A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Children of Israel from the Bondage of Egypt by Miller, Elizabeth
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