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propylaeum

[ prop-uh-lee-uhm ]

noun

, plural prop·y·lae·a [prop-, uh, -, lee, -, uh].
  1. Often propylaea. a vestibule or entrance to a temple area or other enclosure, especially when elaborate or of architectural importance.


propylaeum

/ ˌprɒpɪˈliːəm; ˈprɒpɪˌlɒn /

noun

  1. a portico, esp one that forms the entrance to a temple
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of propylaeum1

1700–10; < Latin < Greek propýlaion gateway, noun use of neuter of propýlaios before the gate, equivalent to pro- pro- 2 + pýl ( ē ) gate + -aios adj. suffix
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Word History and Origins

Origin of propylaeum1

C18: via Latin from Greek propulaion before the gate, from pro- ² + pulē gate
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Example Sentences

Propylaeum, the vestibule to a Roman temple: Your body is a temple I worship toes to hair What I’d give for a chance to see ’em!

I raise my ardent torch to your vaunted beauty rare But can’t get it through your propylaeum.

Ducange explains it as “aedis sacrae propylaeum in porticus formam exstructum,” and says it was also used improperly for the sanctuary.

Then Terry spelled propylaeum as "pro-pileum."

In 1887 appeared vol. i. for November; in 1894, vol. ii., preceded by the Martyrologium Hieronymianum by J.B. de Rossi and the abb� Louis Duchesne; in 1902, the Propylaeum ad Acta Sanctorum Novembris, comprising the Synaxarium ecclesiae Constantinopolitanae.

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