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Cella :: Cella (n.) The part inclosed within the walls of an ancient temple, as distinguished from the open porticoes..

Peridrome :: Peridrome (n.) The space between the columns and the wall of the cella, in a Greek or a Roman temple..

Athenaeum :: Athenaeum (n.) A temple of Athene, at Athens, in which scholars and poets were accustomed to read their works and instruct students..

Distyle :: Distyle (a.) Having two columns in front; -- said of a temple, portico, or the like..

Pythian :: Pythian (a.) Of or pertaining to Delphi, to the temple of Apollo, or to the priestess of Apollo, who delivered oracles at Delphi..

Syth :: Systyle (n.) A systyle temple or other edifice.

Preceptory :: Preceptory (n.) A religious house of the Knights Templars, subordinate to the temple or principal house of the order in London. See Commandery, n., 2..

Penetralia :: Penetralia (n. pl.) The recesses, or innermost parts, of any thing or place, especially of a temple or palace..

Hexastyle :: Hexastyle (a.) Having six columns in front; -- said of a portico or temple.

Parnassus :: Parnassus (n.) A mountain in Greece, sacred to Apollo and the Muses, and famous for a temple of Apollo and for the Castalian spring..

Templar :: Templar (n.) One of a religious and military order first established at Jerusalem, in the early part of the 12th century, for the protection of pilgrims and of the Holy Sepulcher. These Knights Templars, or Knights of the Temple, were so named because they occupied an apartment of the palace of Bladwin II. in Jerusalem, near the Temple..

Pentastyle :: Pentastyle (a.) Having five columns in front; -- said of a temple or portico in classical architecture.

Templed :: Templed (a.) Supplied with a temple or temples, or with churches; inclosed in a temple..

Pseuso-peripteral :: Pseuso-peripteral (n.) A pseudo-peripteral temple.

Templet :: Templet (n.) A gauge, pattern, or mold, commonly a thin plate or board, used as a guide to the form of the work to be executed; as, a mason's or a wheelwright's templet..

Temple :: Temple (v. t.) To build a temple for; to appropriate a temple to; as, to temple a god..

Parthenon :: Parthenon (n.) A celebrated marble temple of Athene, on the Acropolis at Athens. It was of the pure Doric order, and has had an important influence on art..

Antetemple :: Antetemple (n.) The portico, or narthex in an ancient temple or church..

Crotaphite :: Crotaphite (n.) The temple or temporal fossa. Also used adjectively.

Strickle :: Strickle (n.) A templet; a pattern.

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