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‖ posticum Arch.|pɒˈstaɪkəm|
[L. postīcum back door, rear of a building (Vitr.), prop. neut. of postīcus adj.: see postic.]
a. A back door or gate.
b. A portico or apartment at the back of an ancient Greek or Roman temple, behind the cella, and corresponding to the pronaos in front: in Greek called opisthodomos.
c. ‘Eccl. A reredos’ (Cent. Dict.).
1704J. Harris Lex. Techn. I, Posticum is the Postern-Gate, or Back-door of any Fabrick. 1776R. Chandler Trav. Greece xiv. 72 In the sculpture of the posticum..Theseus is distinguished in the same manner. 1820T. S. Hughes Trav. Sicily I. x. 286 The columns..belonged either to the posticum or pronaos of the temple. |