PERISTYLE Synonyms

• a covered passageway with shops and stalls on either side

• a structure composed of a series of arches supported by columns

• residence that is a place of religious seclusion (such as a monastery)

• a courtyard with covered walks (as in religious institutions)

• surround with a cloister, as of a garden

• surround with a cloister

• seclude from the world in or as if in a cloister

• structure consisting of a row of evenly spaced columns

• a structure composed of a series of arches supported by columns

• an area wholly or partly surrounded by walls or buildings

• spectators at a golf or tennis match

• a porch along the outside of a building (sometimes partly enclosed)

• a room or series of rooms where works of art are exhibited

• a long usually narrow room used for some specific purpose

• a covered corridor (especially one extending along the wall of a building and supported with arches or columns)

• narrow recessed balcony area along an upper floor on the interior of a building; usually marked by a colonnade

• a horizontal (or nearly horizontal) passageway in a mine

• a roofed arcade or gallery with open sides stretching along the front or side of a building; often at an upper level

• a public square with room for pedestrians

• a porch or entrance to a building consisting of a covered and often columned area

• a porch along the outside of a building (sometimes partly enclosed)