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PERISTYLE (Gr. wept, round, and oriao...

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Originally appearing in Volume V21, Page 171 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PERISTYLE (Gr. wept, See also:round, and oriaos, See also:column) , in See also:architecture, a range of columns (whether rectangular or circular on See also:plan) in one or two rows, enclosing the See also:sanctuary of a See also:temple; the See also:term is also applied to the same feature when built See also:round the See also:court in which the temple is situated and in See also:Roman houses to the court in the See also:rear, round which the private rooms of the See also:family were arranged, which were entered from the covered See also:colonnade round the court .

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