hexastyle
having six columns, as a portico or the facade of a classical temple.
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How to use hexastyle in a sentence
The temple was hexastyle and peripteral, and is supposed to have had fourteen columns on the sides.
Ruins of Ancient Cities (Vol. II of II) | Charles BuckeThis once elegant edifice was of the Doric order, a hexastyle, the columns twenty-seven feet in height.
The Life of Lord Byron | John GaltThe architecture is said closely to approach that of the hexastyle hypthral Temple of Pstum.
hexastyle: Having six columns; as in the case of octastyle for eight.
How to judge architecture | Russell SturgisA large proportion of the Greek temples were built in this manner, and were called hexastyle from the six columns on the front.
A History of Art for Beginners and Students | Clara Erskine Clement
British Dictionary definitions for hexastyle
/ (ˈhɛksəˌstaɪl) architect /
a portico or façade with six columns
having six columns
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