Definition of "prostyle" [pro•style]

• Having a row of columns across the front only, as in some Greek and Roman temples. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "If the portico were formed merely by a row of columns without the aid of walls it was called a prostyle temple; if the same construction were also placed at the rear of the building it was amphiprostyle."
• "Did a vestibule exist at the front only, the temple would be called prostyle; as it is, it is amphiprostyle."
• "Athens, Philo set up columns in front before the temple, and made it prostyle."