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naoi (chambers)


Identification code: 300004658



Alternative term/s

  • naos
  • naoses
  • naosoi
  • neos

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Principal interior chambers or architectural cores of certain religious buildings or sanctuaries. Among examples are ancient Greek architecture, where the naos was the main sanctuary of a temple; in Byzantine architecture, where the naos was typically the area of a centrally planned church reserved for the liturgy; and in Egyptian architecture and art, where the naos was a shrine housing the god or carried in miniature by the god.

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