Oc"to*style (?), a. [Octo- + Gr. a pillar: cf.F. octostyle.] Arch.
Having eight columns in the front; -- said of a temple or portico. The Parthenon is octostyle, but most large Greek temples are hexastele. See Hexastyle.
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n.
An octostyle portico or temple.
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