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Cleithral

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

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(Gr. ae130pov, an enclosed or shut-up place), an architectural term applied to a covered Greek temple, in contradistinction to hypaethral, which designates one that is uncovered; the roof of a cleithral temple completely covers it.

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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Cleithral'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​c/cleithral.html. 1910.
 
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