MEANING
A monumental gateway forming the entrance to a sacred precinct or important enclosure.
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- temple propylaeum
- ruined propylaeum
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The propylaeum rose above the outer steps.
A ruined propylaeum marked the boundary of the precinct.
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- propylaeum
Usage notes
Primary category: architecture. Forms: Singular propylaeum; plural propylaea. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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