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   peristyle

   /ˈpɛrɪstʌɪl/

   noun

   • 1. a row of columns surrounding a space within a building such as a court or internal garden or edging a veranda or porch.
   • ▪ a space such as a court or porch that is surrounded or edged by a peristyle.

   Word Origin early 17th century: from French péristyle, from Latin peristylum, from Greek peristulon, from peri- ‘around’ + stulos ‘pillar’.

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