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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A building 100 feet in length or width; particularly, the cella of the great temple of Athena, the Parthenon, at Athens. See cut under
cella .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Arch.) A name given to the old Parthenon at Athens, because measuring 100 Greek feet, probably in the width across the stylobate.
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