systyle

noun

sys·​tyle

ˈsiˌstīl

plural -s

: an intercolumniation of two diameters

Word History

Etymology

Latin systylos, from Greek, having columns close together, from syn- + stylos column, pillar

First Known Use

1563, in the meaning defined above

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