cella
noun
the principal enclosed chamber of a classical temple.
cellae
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pluralof cella.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The conclusive argument is that there are no cuttings in the rock for the cross-wall between the two cellae, although that rock lay only 1-1.50 m. below the base of the wall.
From Problems in Periclean Buildings by G. W. (George Wicker) Elderkin
Within the cellae of Greek temples, the interior cross-wall is regularly at right angles to the axis of the main entrance and not parallel to that axis as in the west cella of the Erechtheum.
From Problems in Periclean Buildings by G. W. (George Wicker) Elderkin
For the cellae of Athena and Erechtheus ought then to have been considered separately.
From Problems in Periclean Buildings by G. W. (George Wicker) Elderkin
Why did he not visit the cellae which lay at the higher level and then proceed to that at a lower level in the west part of the Erechtheum?
From Problems in Periclean Buildings by G. W. (George Wicker) Elderkin
Hercules, Doric order appropriate to, 15; site of temple of, 31; cellae of temple of, 53; Pompey's temple of, 80.
From The Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius Pollio
