Opisthodome

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Opisthodome \O*pis"tho*dome\, n. [L. opisthodomus, Gr. ?;
     'o`pisqen behind + do`mos house: cf. F. opisthodome.] (Arch.)
     A back chamber; especially, that part of the naos, or cella,
     farthest from the main entrance, sometimes having an entrance
     of its own, and often used as a treasury.
     [1913 Webster]