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DIPTERAL (Gr. for " double-winged ")

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Originally appearing in Volume V08, Page 308 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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DIPTERAL (Gr. for " double-winged ")

DIPTERAL (Gr. for " See also:
DOUBLE
DOUBLE (from the Mid. Eng. duble, the form which gives the present pronunciation, through the Old Er. duble, from Lat. duplus, twice as much)
double-winged ") , the architectural See also:

TERM

term applied to those temples which have a See also:

double range of columns in the See also:

PERISTYLE (Gr. wept, round, and oriaos, column)

peristyle, as in the See also:

temple of See also:

DIANA

Diana at See also:

Ephesus .

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