Definition of "hypaethral" []

• Wholly or partly open to the sky: an ancient hypaethral temple. (adjective)

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• "Equally irregular are the Riwaks, or porches, surrounding the hypaethral court."
• "As far as I could discover, the tradition has no foundation, and in old times there was no garden in the hypaethral court."
• "The four Riwaks, or porches, of the Madinah Mosque open upon a hypaethral court of parallelogramic shape."