NAOS

Etymology

Noun

naos (plural naoses or naosoi or naoi)

(architecture) The inner part of a Greek temple. It contained a statue of the appropriate deity surrounded by a colonnaded portico and later gave rise to the Roman cella.

Anagrams

• -sona, AONs, Naso, ONAs, Sano, Sona, naso-, sona

Source: Wiktionary


Na"os, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Arch.)

Definition: A term used by modern archæologists instead of cella. See Cella.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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