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CLEITHRAL (Gr. aXeiOpov, an enclosed or shut-up See also:place) , an architectural See also:term applied to a covered See also:Greek See also:temple, in contradistinction to hypaethral, which designates one that is uncovered; the roof of a cleithral temple completely covers it.

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