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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Then let the length be divided into two equal parts, of which let the inner be reserved as space for the cellae, and the part next the front left for the arrangement of the columns.
From The Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius Pollio
This took its name from the Capitolium of Roman times, the remains of which were found under the Piazza Luna; the three cellae were clearly traceable.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" by Various
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
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
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
