hexastyle

[ hek-suh-stahyl ]

adjective

, Architecture.

1. having six columns, as a portico or the facade of a classical temple.

hexastyle

/ ˈhɛksəˌstaɪl /

noun

1. a portico or façade with six columns

adjective

1. having six columns

Example Sentences

The Grade II listed Doric hexastyle portico is topped by a triglyph frieze and a pediment.

From BBC

The architecture is said closely to approach that of the hexastyle hyp�thral Temple of P�stum.

From Project Gutenberg

Hexastyle, heks′a-stīl, adj. having six columns, of a portico or temple having six columns in front.

From Project Gutenberg

It is of the kind known as Doric peripteral hexastyle; that is to say, it is of the Doric order, surrounded by a colonnade, which has six columns at the ends and thirteen columns at the sides.

From Project Gutenberg

The temple is of the kind called peripteral hexastyle.

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