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pro⋅sce⋅ni⋅um

  [proh-see-nee-uhm, pruh-]
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–noun, plural -ni⋅a  [-nee-uh] . Theater.
1. Also called proscenium arch. the arch that separates a stage from the auditorium. Abbreviation: pros.
2. (formerly) the apron or, esp. in ancient theater, the stage itself.
Origin:
1600–10; < L proscēnium, proscaenium < Gk prosknion entrance to a tent, porch, stage (LGk: stage curtain), equiv. to pro- pro- 2 + skēn() (see scene ) + -ion neut. n. suffix
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proscenium arch  
n.  In theatrical design, the arch that frames a stage, separating it from the auditorium.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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