‖ proaulion Archæol.
(prəʊˈɔːlɪən)
[a. Gr. προαύλιον a vestibule, f. πρό, pro-2 + αὐλή a court, with dim. ending -ιον.]
A portico or colonnade outside a church or temple, opening into the narthex.
| 1842 Brande Dict. Sci. etc., Proaulion, in Architecture, the same as vestibule. 1850 Neale East. Ch. I. ii. ii. §48. 215 The Proaulion, or porch, is..sometimes a lean-to against the west end of the narthex. 1869 H. F. Tozer Highl. Turkey I. 78 The proaulion, or porch, a corridor supported on the outside by light pillars. Ibid., Passing onwards from the Proaulion, we enter the narthex. |