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‖ sekos Egyptol.|ˈsiːkɒs|
Also secos.
[a. Gr. σηκός pen, enclosure.]
A sacred enclosure in an ancient Egyptian temple.
1820G. Belzoni Narr. Egypt & Nubia iii. 291 Having observed, that the part where the sekos and cella must be was not touched, I set the men to work there. 1837Penny Cycl. IX. 316/2 Facing its entrance was that leading into the sekos or shrine containing the figure of the deity. 1887Dict. Architecture (Architectural Publ. Soc.) VII. 45/1 In the Egyptian temples the secos was the same as the adytum of the Greeks and Romans. |