peridrome

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peridrome - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Peridrome \Per"i*drome\, n. [Gr. ?, fr. ? running around, fr. ?
     to run round; peri` round + ? to run: cf. F. p['e]ridrome.]
     (Arch[ae]ol.)
     The space between the columns and the wall of the cella, in a
     Greek or a Roman temple.
     [1913 Webster]