Noun
A range of columns with their entablature, etc.; specifically, a complete system of columns, whether on all sides of a court, or surrounding a building, such as the cella of a temple. Used in the former sense, it gives name to the larger and inner court of a Roman dwelling, the peristyle. See Colonnade.
Source: Webster's dictionaryA Christian basilica of the 4th or 5th century stood behind its entirely enclosed forecourt ringed with a colonnade or arcade, like the stoa or peristyle that was its ancestor or like the cloister that was its descendant. Source: Internet
As with Temple C, there are many circular and square cavities in the pavement of the peristyle and of the naos, whose function is unknown. Source: Internet
Grimm, "On Food and the Body," p. 356. Guests were entertained in a finely decorated dining room ( triclinium ), often with a view of the peristyle garden. Source: Internet
Mediaeval window at the back of the cathedral ( peristyle One line of the Lords of Ysenburg resided from 1258 to 1406 at Limburg Castle and took their name from their seat, Limburg. Source: Internet
It was built on an older curvilinear building dating perhaps from the 10th century B.C, on which a peristyle was added. Source: Internet
Clarke, The Houses of Roman Italy, p. 2. In addition to a kitchen garden— windowboxes might substitute in the insulae—townhouses typically enclosed a peristyle garden that brought a tract of nature, made orderly, within walls. Source: Internet