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TETRASTOON (Gr. TErpa-, four, and vroi, a portico)

TETRASTOON (Gr. TErpa-, four, and vroi, a See also:
PORTICO (Ital. for " porch," Lat. porticus)
portico) , the See also:

TERM

term in See also:

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

architecture given to a rectangular See also:

court See also:

ROUND (O. Fr. rond, Lat. rotundus, the Fr. is the source also of Du. rond; Ger., Swed., Dan. and Nor. rond)

round which on all four sides is carried a covered See also:

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

portico or See also:

COLONNADE

colonnade; the same as See also:

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

peristyle (q.v.) .

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