propylaeum
Often propylaea. a vestibule or entrance to a temple area or other enclosure, especially when elaborate or of architectural importance.
Origin of propylaeum
1- Also propylon.
Words Nearby propylaeum
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How to use propylaeum in a sentence
Here the visitor found another portal or propylaeum of a magnificent character.
Magazines with fine painted store jars came to light beneath the floor of the later “propylaeum.”
These, with the propylaeum, before mentioned, come out wonderfully against a blue sky.
Saunterings | Charles Dudley WarnerAt Frankfort the dead-house occupies one of the wings of the propylaeum, which forms the main entrance to the cemetery.
British Dictionary definitions for propylaeum
propylon (ˈprɒpɪˌlɒn)
/ (ˌprɒpɪˈliːəm) /
a portico, esp one that forms the entrance to a temple
Origin of propylaeum
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