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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
temenos /ˈtɛmənɒs/

▶noun (pl. temenoi /-nɔɪ/) Archaeology a sacred enclosure or precinct surrounding or adjacent to a temple.

– origin C19: from Gk, from the stem of temnein ‘cut off’.

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