propylon

[ prop-uh-lon ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, plural prop·y·la [prop, -, uh, -l, uh].

1825–35; < Greek propýlon, equivalent to pro- pro- ² + pýl ( ē ) gate + -on neuter singular noun ending

The really ancient part of the structure begins with the rows of sphinxes which border the road behind the propylon.

Champollion and some architects suppose that they stood before a propylon.

The second type of propylon differs from the first in having a very much smaller doorway in comparison with its total mass.

Judging from the scenes and inscriptions which accompany it, Champollion thought this represented a propylon at the Ramesseum.

The train had halted before a vast propylon of rose-coloured granite.

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