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plural peristyles
A colonnade surrounding a courtyard, temple, etc., or the yard enclosed by such columns. quotations examples
One cannot, for example, see the Temple of Æsculapius as one stands in the fine open courtyard as it was intended one should do; the interstices on that side of the peristyle have been blocked by Venetian Gothic buildings.
1942, Rebecca West, Black Lamb and Grey Falcon, Canongate, published 2006, page 143
A porch surrounded by columns. examples
(voodoo) A sacred roofed courtyard with a central pillar (the potomitan), used as a space for voodoo ceremonies, either alone or as an adjunct to an enclosed temple or altar-room. quotations examples
The peristyle is a roofed structure, open at the sides, in which most of the ceremonials and dances take place.
1953, Maya Deren, Divine Horsemen, McPherson & Company, published 2004, page 47
Most peristyles in Haiti have hard-packed dirt floors that can soak up libations when they're poured on the ground in honor of the spirits.
2007, Kevin Filan, The Haitian Vodou Handbook, Destiny Books, page 35