Pseudoperipteral

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Falsely or imperfectly peripteral not-comparable

    "A temple is pseudoperipteral if it has the columns at the sides attached to the walls, and an ambulatory only at the ends or at one end."

Adjective
  1. 1
    having columniation completely circling an area of the structure wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
peripteralperistylar

Example

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"A temple is pseudoperipteral if it has the columns at the sides attached to the walls, and an ambulatory only at the ends or at one end."

Etymology

From pseudo- + peripteral.

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