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propylaeum

prop·y·lae·um [ pròppə l əm ] (plural prop·y·lae·a [ pròppə l ə ])


noun 
Definition:
 
colonnaded gate or entrance: a colonnaded gate or entrance to a building or group of buildings, especially to a temple

[Early 18th century. Via Latin< Greek propulaion< form of propulaios "before the gate" < pulē "gate"]
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