英语词汇“pronaos”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组、英语词典-本地帮

单词

pronaos

释义

‖ pronaos Gr. and Lat. Antiq.|prəʊˈneɪɒs|
Also 7 -on, 8 -us.
[L. pronāos (-us), a. Gr. πρόνᾱος (-ον) the hall of a temple, prop. adj. ‘situated in front of the temple’: see pro-² and naos.]
The space in front of the naos, cell, or body of a temple, enclosed by the portico and the projecting side walls; the vestibule. Also, a similar vestibule in some early Christian churches: = narthex.
1613T. Godwin Rom. Antiq. xx. (1614) 17 They had their pronäon, or Church-porch.1704J. Harris Lex. Techn. I, Pronaos or Pronaus,..a Church-Porch, or a Portico to a Palace, great Hall, or spacious Building.1745Pococke Descr. East II. ii. iii. x. 169 The architrave..continued from the front of the portico or pronaos to the side pillars.1833Penny Cycl. I. 140/2 Inner porticoes formed by the longitudinal extension of the flank walls,..forming what are distinguished as the pronaos and opisthodomus.
fig.1894Huxley Evol. & Ethics Pref. 8 If I had attempted to reply in full to the criticisms..I know not what extent of ground would have been covered by my pronaos.1897Bookman Nov. 235 A roomy niche in the pronaos of Fame.

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