peridrome

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek περίδρομος (perídromos), meaning "running around, that which surrounds": compare French péridrome.

Noun

peridrome (plural peridromes)

  1. The space between the columns and the wall of the cella in an Ancient Greek or Roman temple

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for peridrome”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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