Cella vs. Naos

Cellanoun

(architecture) The central, enclosed part of an ancient temple, as distinguished from the open porticos.

Cellanoun

The part inclosed within the walls of an ancient temple, as distinguished from the open porticoes.

Cella

A cella (from Latin for small chamber) or naos (from the Greek ναός, ) is the inner chamber of an ancient Greek or Roman temple in classical antiquity. Its enclosure within walls has given rise to extended meanings, of a hermit's or monk's cell, and since the 17th century, of a biological cell in plants or animals.

Naosnoun

(architecture) The inner part of a Greek temple. It contained a statue of the appropriate deity surrounded by a colonnaded portico and later gave rise to the Roman cella.

Naosnoun

A term used by modern archæologists instead of cella. See Cella.