Hypostyle Definition

hīpə-stīl
adjective
Having a roof supported by rows of pillars or columns.
Webster's New World
noun
A building with a roof or ceiling supported by rows of columns.
American Heritage
A hypostyle structure.
Webster's New World

Origin of Hypostyle

  • From Greek hupostūlos resting upon pillars hupo- hypo- stūlos pillar stā- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Ancient Greek ὑπόστυλος (hypóstylos).

    From Wiktionary

Hypostyle Sentence Examples

  • The second rectangle contains a small hypostyle hall with six columns, and the sanctuary, with their subsidiary chambers.

  • Farther on, separated from the forecourt by smaller though still massive pylons, lay a hypostyle hall, so called from its covered colonnades; this hall was used for all kinds of processions.

  • Behind the hypostyle hall, to which a second similar one might or might not be added, came the holy of holies, a dark narrow chamber where the god dwelt; none but the priests were admitted to it.

  • The great colonnade, which is its most striking feature, was apparently intended for the nave of a hypostyle hall like that of Karnak, but had to be hastily finished without the aisles.

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