Definition of "hypostyle" [hy•po•style]

• Having a roof or ceiling supported by rows of columns. (adjective)
• A building with a roof or ceiling supported by rows of columns. (noun)

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• "She stopped on the processional way a short distance from the huge pylons that marked the entrance to the hypostyle hall."
• "The building is like that of Kuba, only smaller: and the hypostyle is hung with oil lamps and ostrich eggs, the usual paltry furniture of an Arab mausoleum."
• "It is a small strongly built square of hewn stone, with a dome covering the solitary hypostyle to the South, and the usual minaret."