tetrastyle

or s. [Prefix tetra-, and Eng. style (q. v.).] Arch.: Having or consisting of four columns; having a portico consisting of four columns, as the Temple of For tuna Virilis at Rome; a portico, ., consisting of four columns. A cavædium was called tetrastyle when the beams of the compluvium were supported by columns placed over against the four angles of a court. "A tetrastyle of very beautiful Gothic columns." Defoe : Tour thro' Great Britain , i. 373. tět-ra-syl-lăb-ic, tět-ra-syl-lab-ic-al, adj . [Pref. tetra- , and Eng. syllabic , syllabical (q. v.).] Consisting of four syllables.