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octostyle

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  1. 1. a. Having eight columns in the front; -- said of a temple or portico. The Parthenon is octostyle, but most large Greek temples are hexastele. See Hexastyle. Source: opted
  2. 2. n. An octostyle portico or temple. Source: opted
  3. 3. Having eight columns in the front; -- said of a temple or portico. The Parthenon is octostyle, but most large Greek temples are hexastele. See Hexastyle. -- n. An octostyle portico or temple. Source: webster
  4. 4. Having eight columns in the front; -- said of a temple orportico. The Parthenon is octostyle, but most large Greek temples arehexastele. See Hexastyle.-- n. Source: adambom
  5. 5. octostyle (plural octostyles) (architecture) A temple or portico with eight columns in front. Source: ecdict

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