1. (architecture) the inner part of an ancient temple; it contained a statue of the appropriate deity surrounded by a colonnaded portico
   - cella

Derived forms: naoi

Encyclopedia: Naos

• preference
• preference shares
• preferent
• preferential
• preferentially
• preferment
• preferred
• preferred shares
• preferred stock
• prefiguration
• prefigurative
• prefigure
• prefigurement
• prefix
• prefix notation
• prefixation
• preflight
• preform
• preformation
• preformatted
• prefrontal
• prefrontal cortex
• prefrontal leucotomy
• prefrontal leukotomy
• prefrontal lobe