Definition of "hieron" [‖Hi•er•on]

• A consecrated place, especially a temple. (noun)

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• "This implies that the hieron was a precinct of some size."
• "The scholiast to the _De Corona_ of Demosthenes [191] says that the "hieron" of Calamites, an eponymous hero, was close to the"
• "But "hieron" often refers to a sacred precinct, and there is nothing to prevent the verb in question from being used of a "hieron" in this sense."