Definition of Peribolus

1. a precinct [n PERIBOLI] - See also: precinct

Lexicographical Neighbors of Peribolus

periastrons
periatrial
periauger
periaugers
periauricular
periaxial
periaxillary
periaxonal
peribacteroid membrane
peribiliary
periblast
periblasts
periblem
periblems
periboli
peribolus (current term)
peribranchial
peribronchial
peribronchiolar
peribronchiolitis
peribronchitis
peribuccal
peribulbar
peribursal
pericaecal
pericallosal artery
pericambium
pericanalicular
pericanicular dense bodies
pericapillary

Literary usage of Peribolus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Discoveries at Ephesus: Including the Site and Remains of the Great Temple by John Turtle Wood (1877)
"THE discovery of the peribolus wall sufficed, as I had hoped, to induce the ... I continued opening up the peribolus wall, and at the same time sank a great ..."

2. A History of Discoveries at Halicarnassus, Cnidus & Branchidæ by Charles Thomas Newton, Richard Popplewell Pullan (1862)
"Northern peribolus wall. Discovery of statues and steps of Pyramid behind this ... Wall to the north of peribolus wall. Marbles near Mehemet Ali's house. ..."

3. The Pyramids and Temples of Gizeh by William Matthew Flinders Petrie (1883)
"The true peribolus wall of the Second Pyramid, on the S. side, ... Beyond the western peribolus wall there lie the large barracks of the workmen. ..."

4. Extracts of the Journals and Correspondence of Miss Berry: From the Year by Mary Berry (1865)
"... the inner ranges of which are Ionic; 3, a great pavement; 4, the Temple of Diana Propylaea; 6, 6, 6, wall of the peribolus ..."

5. Civil Engineer and Architect's Journal (1850)
"The peribolus was frequently surrounded by a peristyle, and contained the dwellings ... These, with their families, formed a village within the peribolus, ..."

6. Ancient Rome in 1885 by John Henry Middleton (1885)
"At each angle of this side of the peribolus was a circular domed hall like a miniature Pantheon, the cupola decorated with sunk coffers ..."

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