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Ancient Greek Shrine Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is NAOS which was last seen in the New York Times crossword.
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199%4Exact Match!
239%7 Has a famous shrine called Hakozaki Shrine
339%8 Wall surrounding an ancient Greek shrine

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We think the answer is "NAOS" which means:

    noun
  • • The inner part of a greek temple. it contained a statue of the appropriate deity surrounded by a colonnaded portico and later gave rise to the roman cella.

An example sentence would be:

  • • "The naos of the ancient temple housed the main cult statue."
  • • "The naos is the innermost part of a greek temple."

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New York Times09 Apr 1990 Across 39
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