peridrome

English

Etymology

Ancient Greek, meaning "running around": compare French péridrome.

Noun

peridrome (plural peridromes)

The space between the columns and the wall of the cella in an Ancient Greek or Roman temple

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “peridrome”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Translations

Italian: peridromo (it) m

Anagrams

Pridemore