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octastyle

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oc⋅ta⋅style

[ok-tuh-stahyl]
–adjective Architecture.
having eight columns in the front, as a temple or portico.
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oc·ta·style   (ŏk'tə-stīl')   


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adj.  Having eight frontal columns in the portico, as in some Greek temples.

[Latin octastȳlus, from Greek oktastūlos : okta-, octa- + stūlos, pillar; see stā- in Indo-European roots.]
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