Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun In an ancient peripieral temple, the open space or passage between the walls of the cella and the sorrounding coloumns. See cut under opisthodomos.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Archæol.) The space between the columns and the wall of the cella, in a Greek or a Roman temple.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun The space between the columns and the wall of the cella in an Ancient Greek or Roman temple.

Etymologies

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Ancient Greek running around: compare French péridrome.

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