adjective
1. having columns either at both ends or at both sides
• Similar to: ↑columned
2. marked by columniation having free columns in porticoes either at both ends or at both sides of a structure
• Syn: ↑amphiprostylar, ↑amphiprostyle, ↑porticoed
• Similar to: ↑apteral
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\\|amfə|stīlə(r)\ adjectiveEtymology: amphi- + -stylar
: marked by columniation consisting of free columns in porticoes either at both ends or at both sides of the structure and across the full ends or sides — see columniation illustration
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/am'feuh stuy"leuhr/, adj. Archit.
1. (of a classical temple) having columns on both fronts.
2. having columns at both sides.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.