noun🔗ShareA colonnade surrounding a courtyard, temple, etc., or the yard enclosed by such columns."The students ate lunch in the shade of the museum's peristyle, enjoying the cool breeze flowing through the columns around the courtyard. "architecturebuildingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareA porch surrounded by columns."The museum's entrance featured a beautiful peristyle, offering a shady place to rest before going inside. "architecturebuildingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share(voodoo) A sacred roofed courtyard with a central pillar (the potomitan), used as a space for voodoo ceremonies, either alone or as an adjunct to an enclosed temple or altar-room."In the humid afternoon, the voodoo priestess led the ceremony within the peristyle, its open roof and central pillar creating a sacred space for chanting and offerings. "architecturereligionritualcultureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
