Dictionary entry

Monopteral

Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.