decastyle
[ dek-uh-stahyl ]
/ ˈdɛk əˌstaɪl /
adjective Architecture.
having ten columns.
(of a classical temple) having ten columns on one front or on each front.
Sometimes
dec·a·styl·ar
[dek-uh-stahy-ler] /ˈdɛk əˌstaɪ lər/.
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Example sentences from the Web for decastyle
The temple was decastyle, dipteral, with pronaos and vestibule, but no opisthodomos.
Decastyle, dek′a-stīl, n. a portico with ten columns in front.
The hypaethral is decastyle in both front and rear porticoes.
Ten Books on Architecture |Vitruvius
British Dictionary definitions for decastyle
decastyle
/ (ˈdɛkəˌstaɪl) /
noun
architect
a portico consisting of ten columns