PROSTAS


Meaning of PROSTAS in English

/proh"stas/ , n. , pl. prostades /proh stay"deez/ .

1. (in classical architecture) an antechamber or vestibule.

2. (in a classical temple) the area included between parastades.

[ prostás lit., that which stands before (cf. PROSTASIS) ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .