Mo‐nop″ter‐al (?), a. [Gr. � with a row of pillars only; μόνοσ alone, only + � feather, wing, also, a row of pillars: cf. F. monoptère.] (Arch.) Round and without a cella; consisting of a single ring of columns supporting a roof; — said esp. of a temple.
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Webster's Dictionary 1913
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.