xystus

[ zis-tuhs ]

noun,plural xys·ti [zis-tahy]. /ˈzɪs taɪ/.

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How to use xystus in a sentence

  • Then they crossed the xystus to the peristyle, and went along a carpeted corridor to the atrium.

  • xystus (—Hall) the name of the luxuriously-adorned garden back of the peristyle.

  • In Rome this custom prevailed, at least since the pontificates of xystus and Telesphorus (about 120).

  • There are other similar instances as in the case of "xystus," "prothyrum," "telamones," and some others of the sort.

  • The xystus was a level piece of ground, in front of a portico, divided into flower-beds of various shapes by borders of box.