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Definition of Prostyle
1. Adjective. Marked by columniation having free columns in a portico only across the opening to the structure.
Definition of Prostyle
1. a. Having columns in front.
Definition of Prostyle
1. Adjective. (context: of a structure) Having pillars only along the front side ¹
2. Noun. A building having pillars only along the front side ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Prostyle
1. a building having a row of columns across the front only [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Prostyle
Literary usage of Prostyle
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Treatise on Architecture, Including the Arts of Construction, Building by William Hosking, Arthur Ashpitel, Thomas Tredgold, Thomas Young, John Robinson (1867)
"In determining the number of columns of which a portico consists, the Greek
numerals are prefixed to the term Style, qv, and prostyle is repeated. ..."
2. The Penny Cyclopædia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain), George Long (1837)
"Thu.s, if there were columns only in front, the building was termed prostyle ; if at
... beyond tine main body of the edifice it is described as prostyle, ..."
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