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sekos

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[see-kos] / ˈsi kɒs /

noun

(in ancient Greece)
1. a sanctuary.
2. the cella of a temple.
any of various other shrines or sanctuaries.

Etymology

Origin of sekos

First recorded in 1810–20, sekos is from the Greek word sēkós enclosed area

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