Octostyle

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Octostyle \Oc"to*style\, a. [Octo- + Gr. ? a pillar: cf. F.
     octostyle.] (Arch.)
     Having eight columns in the front; -- said of a temple or
     portico. The Parthenon is octostyle, but most large Greek
     temples are hexastyle. See {Hexastyle}. -- n. An octostyle
     portico or temple.


     [1913 Webster] Octosyllabic