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- Ancient Greek · borrowed fromχρησμογράφιον
- English todaychresmographion
From Ancient Greek χρησμογράφιον (khrēsmográphion), from χρησμός (khrēsmós, “oracle”) + γράφω (gráphō, “write”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: A chamber between the pronaos and the cella in a Greek temple, where oracles were delivered. Full definition →
From Ancient Greek χρησμογράφιον (khrēsmográphion), from χρησμός (khrēsmós, “oracle”) + γράφω (gráphō, “write”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.