Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- In architecture, having twelve columns in front: said of a portico, etc.
- n. A portico having twelve columns in front.
Wiktionary
- adj. architecture Having twelve columns in front.
- n. architecture A portico or building with twelve columns in front.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. (Arch.) Having twelve columns in front.
Etymologies
- Ancient Greek (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Législatif+ or Palais Bourbon, by _Poyet_, the only extant example of a dodecastyle portico with a pediment.”
A Text-Book of the History of Architecture Seventh Edition, revised
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