pentastyle

[pen-tuh-stahyl]

adjective Architecture.

having five columns.

(of a classical temple or a building in the style of one) having five columns on one or each front.

Origin:
1720–30; penta- + -style²

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Pentastyle is always a great word to know.

So is fascia. Does it mean:

any relatively broad, flat, horizontal surface, such as the outer edge of a cornice or a stringcourse

an upwardly curved construction, as of steel or timber functioning in the manner of a masonry arch; a door or gateway with a curved head

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