Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In architecture, having twelve columns in front: said of a portico, etc.
- noun A portico having twelve columns in front.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Arch.) Having twelve columns in front.
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- adjective architecture Having
twelve columns in front. - noun architecture A
portico orbuilding with twelve columns in front.
Etymologies
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Ancient Greek
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Examples
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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 1890
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