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‖ proaulion Archæol.|prəʊˈɔːlɪən|
[a. Gr. προαύλιον a vestibule, f. πρό, pro-2 + αὐλή a court, with dim. ending -ιον.]
A portico or colonnade outside a church or temple, opening into the narthex.
1842Brande Dict. Sci. etc., Proaulion, in Architecture, the same as vestibule. 1850Neale East. Ch. I. ii. ii. §48. 215 The Proaulion, or porch, is..sometimes a lean-to against the west end of the narthex. 1869H. F. Tozer Highl. Turkey I. 78 The proaulion, or porch, a corridor supported on the outside by light pillars. Ibid., Passing onwards from the Proaulion, we enter the narthex. |