antiparabema

  

an·ti·par·a·be·ma

[an-ti-par-uh-bee-muh]
noun, plural an·ti·par·a·be·ma·ta [an-ti-par-uh-bee-muh-tuh] .
either of two chapels at the west end of an Armenian or Byzantine church.
Origin:
anti- + New Greek parabêma < Greek para- para-1 + Late Greek bêma bema

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