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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
peripteral /pəˈrɪpt(ə)r(ə)l/

▶adjective Architecture (of a building) having a single row of pillars on all sides in the style of the temples of ancient Greece.

– origin C19: from Gk peripteron (from peri- ‘around’ + pteron ‘wing’) + -al.

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