opisthodome

English

Etymology

Latin opisthodomus, from Ancient Greek ὀπισθόδομος (opisthódomos).

Noun

opisthodome (plural opisthodomes)

1. (architecture) A back chamber; especially, that part of the naos, or cella, farthest from the main entrance, sometimes having an entrance of its own, and often used as a treasury.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “opisthodome”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

French

Noun

opisthodome m (plural opisthodomes)

1. opisthodome