Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Not having columns or pilasters.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In architecture, having no columns.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (arch.) Without columns or pilasters.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective architecture Lacking columns or pilasters

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective lacking columns or pillars

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[a– + Greek stūlos, pillar; see stā- in Indo-European roots + –ar.]

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a- +‎ stylar

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