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naos

/ˈneɪ.ɒs/ · noun

Meaning

  1. The inner part of a Greek temple. It contained a statue of the appropriate deity surrounded by a colonnaded portico and later gave rise to the Roman cella.

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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