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Webster 1913 Edition


Opisthodome

O-pis′tho-dome

,
Noun.
[L.
opisthodomus
, Gr. [GREEK];
ὄπισθεν
behind +
δόμοσ
house: cf. F.
opisthodome
.]
(Arch.)
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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Opisthodome

OPIS'THODOME

,
Noun.
[Gr. that is behind, and house.]
In Greece, a part or place in the back part of a house.

Definition 2024


opisthodome

opisthodome

English

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.