Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Noting a portico of two columns: applied rather to a portico with two columns in antis than to a plain two-columned porch. See cut under anta.
  • noun A portico of two columns.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Arch.) Having two columns in front; -- said of a temple, portico, or the like.
  • adjective having columns between two antæ. See Anta.

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  • adjective architecture Having two columns in front; said of a temple, portico, etc.

Etymologies

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Ancient Greek

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