Category:Opisthodome

O*pis"tho*dome, n. Etym: [l. opisthodomus, gr. do`mos house: cf. F. Opisthodome.] (arch.)

Defn: a back chamber; especially, that part of the naos, or cella, Farthest from the main entrance, sometimes having an entrance of its Own, and often used as a treasury.