Sŷs'tȳle, n.

n. [Gr. σύστυλος, from σύν, with, and στῦλος, a column; Fr. systyle.] (Arch.) (a.) The manner of placing columns, where the space between the two shafts consists of two diameters or four modules; the arrangement of columns in such a manner that they are two diameters apart. Gwilt. (b.) A temple, or other edifice, having a row of columns set close together around it, as in the Parthenon at Athens. Fairholt.