Get to know Peristyle better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like colonnade.
Peristyle in a sentence
Peristyle meaning
- A colonnade surrounding a courtyard, temple, etc., or the yard enclosed by such columns.
- A porch surrounded by columns.
- 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.
Synonyms of Peristyle
Using Peristyle
- The main meaning on this page is: A colonnade surrounding a courtyard, temple, etc., or the yard enclosed by such columns. | A porch surrounded by columns. | 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.
- Useful related words include: colonnade.
- In the example corpus, peristyle often appears in combinations such as: the peristyle, peristyle garden.
Context around Peristyle
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 7 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 12 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Peristyle
- In this selection, "peristyle" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, coliseum, developed, cathedral, garden, fills and arch stand out and add context to how "peristyle" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and the peristyle were walled and enclosed a peristyle garden that. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "peristyle" sits close to words such as aami, aat and abada, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with peristyle
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Larger houses had a fully developed peristyle courtyard at the centre, with the rooms arranged around it. (17 words)
The loa arrive in the peristyle (ritual space) by mounting (possessing) a horse (ritualist) - who is said to be "ridden". (20 words)
It was built on an older curvilinear building dating perhaps from the 10th century B.C, on which a peristyle was added. (22 words)
A Christian basilica of the 4th or 5th century stood behind its entirely enclosed forecourt ringed with a colonnade or arcade, like the stoa or peristyle that was its ancestor or like the cloister that was its descendant. (38 words)
Clarke, The Houses of Roman Italy, p. 2. In addition to a kitchen garden— windowboxes might substitute in the insulae—townhouses typically enclosed a peristyle garden that brought a tract of nature, made orderly, within walls. (36 words)
The temple pylon leads via a peristyle court to a hypostyle hall with eight columns carved with figures of Ramses XI and the High Priest Herihor, who effectively ruled Upper Egypt at the time. (34 words)
Example sentences (12)
Later that evening, the Peristyle fills with the sound of music as buskers entertain the appreciative crowd in the balmy air of a warm Dalmatian night.
The occasion will be marked in several ways: Players will wear a uniform patch showing the outline of the Coliseum peristyle arch and torch.
The temple pylon leads via a peristyle court to a hypostyle hall with eight columns carved with figures of Ramses XI and the High Priest Herihor, who effectively ruled Upper Egypt at the time.
A Christian basilica of the 4th or 5th century stood behind its entirely enclosed forecourt ringed with a colonnade or arcade, like the stoa or peristyle that was its ancestor or like the cloister that was its descendant.
As with Temple C, there are many circular and square cavities in the pavement of the peristyle and of the naos, whose function is unknown.
Clarke, The Houses of Roman Italy, p. 2. In addition to a kitchen garden— windowboxes might substitute in the insulae—townhouses typically enclosed a peristyle garden that brought a tract of nature, made orderly, within walls.
Grimm, "On Food and the Body," p. 356. Guests were entertained in a finely decorated dining room ( triclinium ), often with a view of the peristyle garden.
It was built on an older curvilinear building dating perhaps from the 10th century B.C, on which a peristyle was added.
Larger houses had a fully developed peristyle courtyard at the centre, with the rooms arranged around it.
Mediaeval window at the back of the cathedral ( peristyle One line of the Lords of Ysenburg resided from 1258 to 1406 at Limburg Castle and took their name from their seat, Limburg.
The loa arrive in the peristyle (ritual space) by mounting (possessing) a horse (ritualist) - who is said to be "ridden".
The spaces between the columns of the opisthodomus and the peristyle were walled up, though a number of doorways still permitted access.
Common combinations with peristyle
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: