mo|nop|ter|al

mo|nop|ter|al
mo|nop|ter|al «muh NOP tuhr uhl», adjective.
Architecture. (of a temple) having a single row of columns arranged in a circle, either about a cella or, often, without a cella.
[< Greek monópteros (< mónos single + pterón wing, row of columns) + English -al1]

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