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noundomain: artefact
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the posts or pillars on either side of a doorway or entrance of a Greek temple - the slightly projecting piers which terminate the walls of the naos.

  • 1.When there are columns between antae, as in a porch facade, rather than a solid wall, the columns are said to be in antis.

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