Hexastyle

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Having six frontal columns in the portico, as in some Greek temples.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. having six columns at the front on the portico
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Having six columns in front; -- said of a portico or temple.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • In architecture, having six columns: said of a portico or a temple having that number of columns in the front.
    • Word Usage
    "But if the building is to be systyle and monotriglyphic, let the front of the temple, if tetrastyle, be divided into nineteen and a half parts; if hexastyle, into twenty-nine and a half parts."
     
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