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Originally appearing in Volume V22, Page 464 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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PROSTYLE (Gr. irpo, before, and vriiXos, a column)

PROSTYLE (Gr. irpo, before, and vriiXos, a See also:
COLUMN (Lat. columna)
column) , in See also:

ARCHITECTURE (Lat. architectura, from the Gr. ap)(LTEKrwv, a master-builder)

architecture, a See also:

PORTICO (Ital. for " porch," Lat. porticus)

portico in which the columns project from the See also:

BUILDING

building to which it is attached .

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