\Oc"to*style\, a. [Octo- + Gr. ? a pillar: cf.F.
octostyle.] (Arch.)
Having eight columns in the front; -- said of a temple or
portico. The Parthenon is octostyle, but most large Greek
temples are hexastele. See {Hexastyle}. -- n. An octostyle
portico or temple.