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Webster 1913 Edition


Pentastyle

Pen′ta-style

,
Adj.
[
Penta-
+ Gr. [GREEK] a pillar.]
(Arch.)
Having five columns in front; – said of a temple or portico in classical architecture.
Noun.
A portico having five columns.

Webster 1828 Edition


Pentastyle

PEN'TASTYLE

,
Noun.
[Gr. five, and a column.] In architecture, a work containing five rows of columns.

Definition 2024


pentastyle

pentastyle

English

Noun

pentastyle (plural pentastyles)

  1. (architecture) A portico with five columns.