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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
propylaeum /ˌprɒpɪˈliːəm/

▶noun (pl. propylaea /-ˈliːə/) Architecture the entrance to a temple.

– origin via L. from Gk propulaion, neut. (used as n.) of propulaios ‘before the gate’, from pro ‘before’ + pulē ‘gate’.

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