English Dictionary

peristyle

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈpɛɹɪstaɪl/

名詞

A colonnade surrounding a courtyard, temple, etc., or the yard enclosed by such columns. / A porch surrounded by columns.

日本語の意味

中庭や寺院などを囲む列柱の回廊、またはその列柱で囲まれた中庭。 / 列柱に囲まれた玄関またはポーチ。

We strolled through the ancient villa's peristyle, pausing to admire the frescoes and the scent of orange blossoms.

私たちは古代の別荘の柱廊を歩きながら、フレスコ画やオレンジの花の香りに見入った。

意味（1）

A colonnade surrounding a courtyard, temple, etc., or the yard enclosed by such columns.

One cannot, for example, see the Temple of Æsculapius as one stands in the fine open courtyard as it was intended one should do; the interstices on that side of the peristyle have been blocked by Venetian Gothic buildings.

意味（2）

A porch surrounded by columns.

意味（3）

(voodoo) A sacred roofed courtyard with a central pillar (the potomitan), used as a space for voodoo ceremonies, either alone or as an adjunct to an enclosed temple or altar-room.

The peristyle is a roofed structure, open at the sides, in which most of the ceremonials and dances take place.

peristyles （ plural ）