tetrastyle

[ te-truh-stahyl ]

/ ˈtɛ trəˌstaɪl /

having four columns.

Origin of tetrastyle

1695–1705; < Latin tetrastȳlon < Greek tetrástȳlon, noun use of neuter of tetrástȳlos having four pillars; see tetra-, -style²

Abram afterwards built and endowed an oratory near the Tetrastyle, and Sergius ordained him priest and his two sons deacons.

Historic Oddities |Sabine Baring-Gould
In the background is a tetrastyle temple, doubtless the temple before us; the scene represents the dedicatory exercises.

Pompeii, Its Life and Art |August Mau
The centre is a tetrastyle portico of the Ionic order, raised on a terrace.

The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction |Various
Tetrastyle, tet′ra-stīl, n. a temple or other building having four front columns in its portico: a group of four pillars.

Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) |Various

The relation of the tetrastyle to the Tuscan atrium is indicated in our transverse section (Fig. 143).

Pompeii, Its Life and Art |August Mau