Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
opisthodomos .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Arch.) A back chamber; especially, that part of the naos, or cella, farthest from the main entrance, sometimes having an entrance of its own, and often used as a treasury.
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- noun architecture A back
chamber ; especially, that part of thenaos , orcella , farthest from the mainentrance , sometimes having an entrance of its own, and often used as atreasury .
Etymologies
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Latin opisthodomus, from Ancient Greek.
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