Peridrome

Peridrome

Per"i*drome\, n. [Gr. ?, fr. ? running around, fr. ? to run round; ? round + ? to run: cf. F. p['e]ridrome.] (Arch[ae]ol.) The space between the columns and the wall of the cella, in a Greek or a Roman temple.
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