Definition of "amphiprostyle" in англійська

adjective

1. (architecture, chiefly historical, of a temple or edifice) Having columns at either end but not along the sides.

noun

1. (architecture, historical) An amphiprostyle temple or edifice.

   • 1819, Periptere, Abraham Rees, The Cyclopædia: Or, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Literature, Volume 26, unnumbered page, Peripteres were properly temples which had columns on all the four ſides; by which they were distinguished from proſtyles, and amphiproſtyles, the one of which had no columns before, and the other none on the sides.