Propylaeum Definition

prŏpə-lēəm, prōpə-
propylaea
noun
In classical architecture, an entrance, vestibule, or portico before a building or group of buildings.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Propylaeum

Noun

Singular:
propylaeum
Plural:
propylaea, propylaeums

Origin of Propylaeum

  • Latin from Greek propulaion pro- before pro–2 pulē gate

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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