peristyled

English

Etymology

From peristyle +‎ -ed.

Adjective

peristyled

  1. Having a peristyle.
    • 1911, John Ward, “Houses of the Ordinary or ‘Corridor’ Type”, in Romano-British Buildings and Earthworks […] (J[ohn] Charles Cox, editor, The Antiquary’s Books), London: Methuen & Co. Ltd. […], page 171:
      Both the inns and the Romano-British houses seem to have been derived from the same source—the peristyled house of the Orient; […]
    • 1992, Ross Burns, “Apamea”, in Monuments of Syria: An Historical Guide, London: I.B. Tauris & Co Ltd, →ISBN, page 49, column 2:
      The rooms are grouped around a peristyled courtyard with the main reception rooms off the courtyard to the north, though the plan is less symmetrical and more obscured by later rebuilding.
    • 1998, Carolyn Osiek, “Women in House Churches”, in Julian V[ictor] Hills et al., editors, Common Life in the Early Church: Essays Honoring Graydon F. Snyder, Harrisburg, Pa.: Trinity Press International, →ISBN, part four (Common Life in the Letters and Other Writings), page 309:
      Would the position of women in the assembly have been any different whether it took place in a spacious and luxurious house, a more modest peristyled house, or a rented room in the corner of an insula?
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