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apteral

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ap⋅ter⋅al

  [ap-ter-uhl]
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–adjective Architecture.
1. (of a classical temple) not having a surrounding colonnade; not peripteral.
2. (of a church) having no aisles.
3. (of a church façade) revealing no aisles.
Origin:
1825–35; < Gk ápter(os) wingless (a- a- 6 + -pteros -pterous ) + -al 1
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ap·ter·al   (āp'tər-əl)   
adj.  Having no columns along the sides. Used especially of a classical temple.

[From Greek apteros, wingless : a-, without; see a-1 + pteron, wing; see -pter.]
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