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Webster 1913 Edition

(mō̍-nŏp′tẽr-al)

Adj.

[Gr.

μονόπτεροσ

with a row of pillars only;

μόνοσ

alone, only +

πτερόν

feather, wing, also, a row of pillars: cf. F.

monoptère

(Arch.)

Round and without a cella; consisting of a single ring of columns supporting a roof; – said esp. of a temple.

monopteral ‎(not comparable)

(architecture) Round and without a cella; consisting of a single ring of columns supporting a roof; said especially of a temple.