Pronaos

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The inner area of the portico of a Greek or Roman temple, leading to the cella.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The inner area of the portico of a Greek or Roman temple
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The porch or vestibule of a temple.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In architecture: An open vestibule or portico in front of the naos or cella of a temple. See naos, 2.
  • n. Same as narthex, 1.
    • Word Usage
    "Along the centre of three of the interior walls of the pronaos is a compartment of sculpture, the other parts of the walls being quite bare; a peculiarity I saw no where else."
     
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