pentastyle

pentastyle [pen-tuh-stahyl] ExamplesWord Origin adjective Architecture.

1. having five columns.
2. (of a classical temple or a building in the style of one) having five columns on one or each front.

Origin of pentastyle First recorded in 1720–30; penta- + -style2 Examples from the Web for pentastyle Historical Examples of pentastyle

A portico having five pillars, A, is called the Pentastyle in temples of classical construction.

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