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Pseudo-peripteral

Pseuˊdo-pe-rip′ter-al

,
Adj.
[
Pseudo-
+
peripteral
: cf. F.
pseudopériptère
.]
(Arch.)
Falsely or imperfectly peripteral, as a temple having the columns at the sides attached to the walls, and an ambulatory only at the ends or only at one end.
Noun.
A pseudo-peripteral temple.
Oxf. Gloss.