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Definition of pronaos - 2 dictionary results

pro⋅na⋅os

  [proh-ney-os]
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–noun, plural -na⋅oi  [-ney-oi] .
(in a classical temple) an open vestibule before the cella.
Also called anticum.
Compare epinaos.

Origin:
1605–15; < Gk prónāos. See pro- 2 , naos
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pro·na·os   (prō-nā'ŏs)   
n.   pl. pro·na·oi (-oi)
The inner area of the portico of a Greek or Roman temple, leading to the cella.

[Greek pronāos, before a temple, pronaos : pro-, before; see pro-2 + Greek dialectal nāos, temple.]
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