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Octostyle
Webster's Dictionary
(1):
(a.) Having eight columns in the front; - said of a temple or portico. The Parthenon is octostyle, but most large Greek temples are hexastele. See Hexastyle.
(2):
(n.) An octostyle portico or temple.
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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Octostyle'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/o/octostyle.html. 1828.