Propylaeum
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˌpɹəʊpɪˈliːəm/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Propylaeum is a noun meaning (historical, especially Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome) A vestibule or entrance, (especially) to a temple.
Meaning
(historical, especially Ancient Greece and Ancient Rome) A vestibule or entrance, (especially) to a temple.
Example Sentences
On either side of the road young girls stood with pitchers at the fountains which bubbled there, and behind the houses forming the propylaea of the rock rose the massive forehead of the Isle — crested at this part with its enormous ramparts as with a mural crown.
Word Forms
- propylaea
- propylaeums
- propylaeon
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include propylaeon, propylon, prytaneum, apodyterium, peristylium, peristasis.
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