pronaos

American  

[proh-nay-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

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Etymology

Origin of pronaos

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

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Example Sentences

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pronaos

First, the pronaos, where we still see clearly, between pillars carved with hieroglyphs.

From Egypt (La Mort de Philae) by William Peter Baines

The gloom deepens in the hypostyle which follows the pronaos.

From Egypt (La Mort de Philae) by William Peter Baines

And, on the same account, the Romans placed a Sphynx in the pronaos, or porch, of their temples.

From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 10, No. 265, July 21, 1827 by Various

The temple consisted of a central cella with a pronaos and opisthodomos, and was surrounded by a Doric colonnade, having six columns at the ends and fifteen columns at the sides.

From A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) by A. H. Smith

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 Frank Bigelow Tarbell

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