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‖ parabema|pærəˈbiːmə|
Pl. -mata.
[a. mod.Gr. παράβηµα, f. παρά beside + βῆµα bema.]
In Byzantine churches, The part of the edifice on each side of the bema, when separated from the latter by a wall. Hence parabeˈmatic a., pertaining to a parabema; supported on the parabemata.
1850Neale East. Ch. I. ii. ii. 171, (3) The prothesis, (4) the diaconicon or sacristy..when divided as here by walls from the bema, are called parabemata. Ibid. 172 Care must be taken to recognize the parabema in cases where there is a passage through it, as it is still architecturally one. Ibid., The Church of S. Theodore, given above, has a parabematic dome. |