Meanings
- A peristyle.
The women gathered together about the little font in the centre of the peristylum, and debated together in low tones.
1903, Warwick Deeping, Uther and Igraine, New York, N.Y.: The Outlook Company, page 143 more examples
A particularity in this house is the irregular form of the peristylum, and that from each of the columns that surround it projects a small bronze water-pipe, forming with the fountain and small waterfall a handsome system of artificial waterworks.
1868, A Handbook for Travellers in Southern Italy, 6th edition, London: John Murray, page 263, column 2We crossed the atrium and reached another open-air space, the peristylum, where bronze sculptures peered from the shadows.
2009, Michelle Moran, Cleopatra's Daughter, London: Quercus, →ISBN, page 74The porter must have seen me gawking, for he said pleasantly, "This is the atrium, the room Lady Julia uses for entertainment. The next room, the peristylum, is for the family."
2013, Joan Wolf, Daughter of Jerusalem, Brentwood, T.N.: Worthy Publishing, →ISBN, page 74Synonyms: peristylium
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA peristyle.
Origin
- Latinperistylum
- Englishperistylum
Borrowed from Latin peristylum.
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