Used in the former sense, it gives name to the larger and inner court of a Roman dwelling, the peristyle
A large "porch" or more or less open-sided building adjacent to the altar-chamber of a hounfor It is here that most of the public ceremonies of Voudoun are held, around the poteau-Legba or pteau-mitan The peristyle will have at least one, maybe two or three, entrances from the exterior, besides the doorway to the altar-chamber