pronaos

American  

[proh-ney-os] / proʊˈneɪ ɒs /

noun

• pronaoi
  plural

1. (in a classical temple) an open vestibule before the cella.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• pronaoi
  plural

Etymology

Origin of pronaos

From the Greek word prónāos, dating back to 1605–15. See pro- ², naos

Example Sentences

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pronaos

The three intercolumniations between the antae and the columns should be closed by low walls made of marble or of joiner's work, with doors in them to afford passages into the pronaos.

From The Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius Pollio

The temple consisted of an eastern cella with pronaos; behind this was the opisthodomos, divided into three chambers—possibly treasuries—with a portico at the western end.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7 "Arundel, Thomas" to "Athens" by Various

The pronaos gave admittance to the sanctuary, the holy of holies, an immeasurable empty space, without image, without altar, without anything.

From The Tour A Story of Ancient Egypt by Couperus, Louis

The twelve sculptured metopes of the temple do not belong to the exterior frieze, whose metopes were plain, but to a second frieze, placed above the columns and antae of pronaos and opisthodomos.

From A History of Greek Art by Tarbell, Frank Bigelow

There was in large temples a porch of approach, the pronaos, and another behind, the opisthodomos.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" by Various