Noun
The porch or vestibule of a temple.
Source: Webster's dictionaryAfter the death of Augustus in 14, a copy of the text of the Res Gestae Divi Augusti (the Monumentum Ancyranum ) was inscribed on the interior of the temple's pronaos main in Latin and a Greek translation on an exterior wall of the cella main. Source: Internet
A rectangular service room is attached to the north side of the pronaos. Source: Internet
Examples: *Distyle in antis describes a small temple with two columns at the front, which are set between the projecting walls of the pronaos or porch, like the Temple of Nemesis at Rhamnus. Source: Internet
It is likely that many early houses and temples were constructed with an open porch or "pronaos" above which rose a low pitched gable or pediment. Source: Internet
Inside, there is a portico containing a second row of columns, a pronaos, a naos, and an adyton in single long, narrow structure (an archaic characteristic). Source: Internet
In the wall between the pronaos and the naos in Temple A two spiral staircases led to the gallery (or floor) above. Source: Internet