Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In architecture, a type of temple or portico, usually with an inclosed circular cella, composed of columns arranged in a circle and supporting a cupola or a conical roof.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Arch.) A circular temple consisting of a roof supported on columns, without a cella.
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- noun architecture A
circular temple consisting of aroof supported oncolumns , without acella .
Etymologies
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Latin. See monopteral.
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Examples
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It was built in the form of a "monopteron," a sort of structure without walls, and composed of columns arranged in a circle, and supporting a covered cupola.
Prisoners Their Own Warders A Record of the Convict Prison at Singapore in the Straits Settlements Established 1825 W. D. Bayliss 1869
qms commented on the word monopteron
A gothic estate needs a proper lawn,
A pond in the shape of an octagon,
A statue or two,
A ruin to view
And one mysterious monopteron.
August 5, 2018