tetrapylon

tetrapylon
/te'treuh puy"lon/, n., pl. tetrapyla /-leuh/.
a structure having four gateways as features of an architectural composition.
[1900-05; < Gk, tetrápylon, n. use of neut. of tetrápylos having four gates. See TETRA-, PYLON]

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