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Originally appearing in Volume V20, Page 341 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ORTHOSTYLE (Gr. opOos, straight, and vriXor, a See also:column) , in See also:architecture, a range of columns placed in a straight See also:row, as for instance those of the See also:portico or flanks of a classic See also:temple.

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