Having columns at one or both ends but not along the sides.
(Of insects) without wings.
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Examples for "peripteral"
Examples for "peripteral"
1Again, most of the Grecian Doric temples were peripteral,-surroundedwith pillars on all the sides.
2Larger temples are peripteral, i.e., are surrounded by a colonnade or peristyle (Figs.
3The Ionic order was much used in the Greek cities of Asia Minor for peripteral temples.
452), mention will have been made of all the main features of the exterior of a Doric peripteral temple.