prostyle

pro·style Audio Help (prō'stīl')

adj. Having a row of columns across the front only, as in some Greek and Roman temples.

[Latin prostȳlos, from Greek prostūlos : pro-, in front; see pro-² + stūlos, pillar; see stā- in Indo-European roots.]

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