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distyle

[ dis-tahyl, dahy-stahyl ]

adjective

Architecture.
  1. having two columns.
  2. (of a classical temple or building in the style of one) having two columns on one or either front.


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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of distyle1

First recorded in 1830–40; di- 1 + -style 2
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Distyle, dis′til, n. a portico with two columns.

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Kybel� seated within a distyle temple.

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Figure of a youth, standing, holding a bird, within a distyle portico, of which the left side is wanting.

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