ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Telesterion

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Telesterion is a noun meaning A building used to celebrate sacred rites in Ancient Greece.

Meaning

A building used to celebrate sacred rites in Ancient Greece.

Example Sentences

With each successive telesterion, the structure grew in size and capacity, an expansion that indicates the growing and continued popularity of the cult […]
Central among them is what, to avoid controversy, it is convenient to call the telesterion: a building designed to accommodate the faithful inside, and thus unique among the forms of Greek sacred architecture.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include epopteia, delphinion, pantheon, ephebeum, pylon, neokoros.

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