Mo*nop"ter*al (?), a. [Gr. with a row of pillars only; alone, only + feather, wing, also, a row of pillars: cf. F. monoptere.] Arch.

Round and without a cella; consisting of a single ring of columns supporting a roof; -- said esp. of a temple.

 

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