amphiprostyle

 [am-fip-ruh-stahyl, am-fuh-proh-stahyl]  

am·phip·ro·style

   [am-fip-ruh-stahyl, am-fuh-proh-stahyl]
adjective (of a classical temple)
prostyle on both fronts.
Origin:
1700–10; < Latin amphiprostȳlus < Greek amphipróstȳlos. See amphi-, prostyle

Related forms
am·phip·ro·sty·lar, adjective
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amphiprostyle (æmˈfɪprəˌstaɪl, ˌæmfɪˈprəʊstaɪl)
 
—adj
1.  (esp of a classical temple) having a set of columns at both ends but not at the sides
 
—n
2.  a temple of this kind
 
amphipro'stylar
 
—adj

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