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Webster 1913 Edition


Decastyle

Dec′a-style

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Adj.
[Gr. [GREEK];
δέκα
ten +
στύλοσ
a column.]
(Arch.)
Having ten columns in front; – said of a portico, temple, etc.
Noun.
A portico having ten pillars or columns in front.

Webster 1828 Edition


Decastyle

DEC'ASTYLE

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Noun.
[Gr. ten and a column.] A building with an ordnance of ten columns in front.
DECA'Y, v.i. [Fr. dechoir, from L. de and cado, to fall, or decedo.]

Definition 2024


decastyle

decastyle

English

Noun

decastyle (plural decastyles)

  1. A portico with ten columns.

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