Look up: hypostyle

1. Hypostyle
   In architecture the term hypostyle is applied to something resting upon columns or constructed by means of columns. The term is especially applied to the great hall at Karnak.
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2. Hypostyle
   Hy'po·style adjective [ Greek ... resting on pillars; ... under + ... a pillar.] (Architecture) Resting upon columns; constructed by means of columns; -- especially applied to the great hall at Karnak.
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3. Hypostyle
   • (a.) Resting upon columns; constructed by means of columns; -- especially applied to the great hall at Karnak.
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4. hypostyle
   hypostyle (hip'ustīl, hī'pu–) , the chamber in Egyptian temples in which a number of columns supported a flat stone roof. Forming the chief and largest inner space of the temple, it was entered from the outer courtyard and, in turn, gave access to the holy of holies and the...
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5. Hypostyle
   (Greek hupostulos, under columns) Building with roof supported by pillars
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6. Hypostyle
   In architecture, a `hypostyle` hall has a flat ceiling which is supported by columns, as in the Great Hypostyle Hall at Karnak. In this case the columns flanking the central avenue are of greater height than those of the side aisles, and this allows openings in the wall above the smaller columns, th...
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