cella

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İngilizce - Türkçe
(Anatomi) küçük oda, hücre
eski Yunan ve Roma tapınaklarında mabudun heykelinin bulunduğu iç oda
Türkçe - Türkçe
Tapınağın içinde tanrı heykelinin korunduğu kutsal bölüme verilen ad
Tapınaklarda kült heykelinin bulunduğu ana salon
İngilizce - İngilizce
{i} central structure in a church or temple (Architecture)
The principal interior structure at the center of a Greek or Roman temple within which the cult statue was usually housed Also called the naos
[heavenliness ] Mother of Faith, Hope, and Charity She lived in the hospice called Holiness (Spenser Faërie Queene, bk i 10 ) Celia or Cælia A common poetical name for a lady or lady-love Thus, Swift had an ode in which Strephon describes Cælia's dressing-room “Five hours, and who can do it less in By haughty Cælia spent in dressing ” Celt A piece of stone, ground artificially into a wedge-like shape, with a cutting edge Used, before the employment of bronze and iron, for knives, hatchets, and chisels
or naos Enclosed body of a temple (as distinct from the portico), in which the image of the deity was housed. In early Greek and Roman architecture it was usually rectangular, with an entrance at one end; the side walls were often extended to form a porch. In larger temples the cella was sometimes open to the sky. In the Byzantine architectural tradition, the naos is the area of a central-plan church where the liturgy is performed
A small chapel in an early Christian cemetery
[heavenliness ] Mother of Faith, Hope, and Charity She lived in the hospice called Holiness (Spenser Faërie Queene, bk i 10 ) Celia or Cælia A common poetical name for a lady or lady-love Thus, Swift had an ode in which Strephon describes Cælia's dressing-room “Five hours, and who can do it less in By haughty Cælia spent in dressing ” Celt A piece of stone, ground artificially into a wedge-like shape, with a cutting edge Used, before the employment of bronze and iron, for knives, hatchets, and chisels
Inner shrine of a Greek or Roman temple
[arch] A sanctuary in a temple containing a statue of a god This is the square building surrounded by columns in Greek architecture
(pl cellae)
The part inclosed within the walls of an ancient temple, as distinguished from the open porticoes
cella