Naos

noun

/ˈneɪ.ɒs/

Word Frequency: 0.1

Definitions

1.nounThe inner part of a Greek temple. It contained a statue of the appropriate deity surrounded by a colonnaded portico and later gave rise to the Roman cella.

Synonyms

meas pronaos sekos opisthodomos peridrome epinaos oecus exonarthex diaulos odeon xystos peripteros

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