• (n.) 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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O·pis'tho·dome noun [ Latin
opisthodomus , Greek ...; ... behind +
do`mos house: confer French
opisthodome .]
(Architecture) 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 ...
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In architecture an opisthodome is 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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