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amphiprostyle

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am⋅phip⋅ro⋅style

[am-fip-ruh-stahyl, am-fuh-proh-stahyl]
–adjective (of a classical temple)
prostyle on both fronts.

Origin:
1700–10; < L amphiprostȳlus < Gk amphipróstȳlos. See amphi-, prostyle


am⋅phip⋅ro⋅sty⋅lar, adjective
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am·phip·ro·style   (ām-fĭp'rō-stīl', ām'fĭ-prō'stīl')   


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adj.  Having a prostyle or set of columns at each end but none along the sides, as in some Greek temples.

[Latin amphiprostȳlos, from Greek amphiprostūlos : amphi-, amphi- + prostūlos, with pillars in front; see prostyle.]
am·phip'ro·style' n.
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