Octostyle

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  • adj. A temple or portico with eight columns in front.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Having eight columns in the front; -- said of a temple or portico. The Parthenon is octostyle, but most large Greek temples are hexastyle. See hexastyle.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • See octastyle.
    • Word Usage
    "It was, moreover, immeasurably superior to the classic attempts of the architects of the middle Georgian period, who, carried away by the enthusiasm awakened by the perusal of the newly-published "Antiquities" of Stuart and Revett, attempted to adapt Doric porticos, hexastyle, octostyle, etc., to modern domestic architecture."
    Variant
    hexastyle   
     
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