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单词 pronaos
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pronaosn.

Brit. /prəʊˈneɪɒs/, U.S. /proʊˈneɪəs/
Inflections: Plural pronaoi Brit. /prəʊˈneɪɔɪ/, U.S. /proʊˈneɪˌɔɪ/.
Forms: 1600s pronaon, 1600s pronos, 1600s– pronaos, 1700s pronaus.
Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Partly a borrowing from Greek. Etymons: Latin pronāos; Greek πρόναος.
Etymology: < classical Latin pronāos (also pronāus) front hall of a temple, in post-classical Latin also vestibule of a Christian church (5th cent.), and its etymon ancient Greek πρόναος (in Hellenistic Greek also πρόναον) front hall of a temple, use as noun of masculine (or neuter) of πρόναος (adjective) situated in front of a temple < προ- pro- prefix2 + ναός naos n.
1. Architecture. In an ancient Greek or Roman temple: the space in front of the naos or cella, enclosed by the portico and the projecting side walls. Also in extended use: a vestibule or similar area in other buildings, as the narthex of some early Christian churches.
ΘΚΠ
society > faith > artefacts > division of building (general) > narthex or portico > [noun]
parvisc1387
Galileec1593
portico1607
pronaos1614
propylaeum1637
out-porch1641
ante-temple1670
narthex1673
prostyle1683
opisthodomos1706
peribolos1706
choultry1772
posticum1776
propylon1830
proaulion1842
opisthodome1846
atrium1853
1614 T. Godwin Romanæ Historiæ Anthologia i. i. xx. 17 They had their pronäon, or Church-porch.
1676 F. Vernon Let. 10 Jan. in H. Oldenburg Corr. (1986) XII. 126 The Temple of Minerva is as entire as the Rotunda... I have taken all the dimensions within, with those of the pronos and Portico's.
1704 J. Harris Lexicon Technicum I Pronaos or Pronaus,..a Church-Porch, or a Portico to a Palace, great Hall, or spacious Building.
1745 R. Pococke Descr. East II. ii. iii. x. 169 The architrave..continued from the front of the portico or pronaos to the side pillars.
1798 C. Thompson Trav. through Turkey 131 Fifty-four feet of the hundred and ninety-two were taken up by the pronaos or anti-temple, which is now tumbled down.
1833 Penny Cycl. I. 140/2 Inner porticoes formed by the longitudinal extension of the flank walls,..forming what are distinguished as the pronaos and opisthodomus.
1875 W. W. Lloyd Age of Pericles I. xxi. 286 The frieze of the posticum is sculptured in high relief with the battle against the Centaurs;..the subject on the pronaos is more obscure.
1907 Man 7 180 A hypostyle hall which was the portico or pronaos to a cella ending in a small rock-cut chapel, where I suppose stood the statue of Mentuhetep.
1934 Hammond (Indiana) Times 31 Jan. 12/4 The columns of the pronaos in white marble with Corinthian capitals, were found intact.
1991 Progressive Archit. Feb. 50 (caption) The rebuilt Felice Theater, right, with Barabino's 19th-Century pronaos in the foreground.
2003 M. L. Lawall in M. B. Cosmopoulos Greek Myst. iv. 106 Mosaics appear in pronaoi of more mainstream Olympian cults.
2. figurative. A preamble; a preliminary. Cf. propylaeum n. 2. rare.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > literature > a written composition > parts of a written composition > [noun] > prologue or introduction
forespeechc1000
prologuec1350
proemya1382
preamblec1395
proemc1410
exordyc1430
prolocutory1447
protocolc1450
forespeaking1480
preface1484
prooemiumc1485
preparation1526
introduction1529
induction1533
introducement1536
epistle?1548
prelude1548
proposition1553
foretalk1565
exordium1581
prolegomenons1600
inducement1605
isagoge1652
propylaeum1693
programma1711
foreword1842
foretalking1872
programme1880
pronaos1894
peritext1977
epitext1978
1894 T. H. Huxley Evol. & Ethics Pref. 8 If I had attempted to reply in full to the criticisms..I know not what extent of ground would have been covered by my pronaos.
1948 S. T. Williams in R. E. Spiller et al. Lit. Hist. U.S. II. lv. 916 Their verse (and Whitman's) formed the pronaos of modern poetry.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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