portico

name

1. The Stoic philosophy (after the public porch on the agora of Athens where Zeno taught).

noun

Etymology: From Italian portico, from Latin porticus (“porch”), from porta (“gate”). Doublet of porch, portego, and porticus.

1. A porch, or a small space with a roof supported by columns, serving as the entrance to a building.

   “The amphitheatre hath two portici as that at Niſmes.”

   “The great house itself was a large, white, wooden building, with wings on three sides of it. In front, a large portico, extending the entire length of the building, and supported by a long range of columns, gave to the whole establishment an air of solemn grandeur.”