- a. κιγκλίς ( kygklis ): a grating or mesh wall. Eusebius mentions the presence of wooden grating screens in the great church of Tyre that was “wrought with so delicate an art as to be a wonder to behold.”
- b. διασтυλα ( diastyla ): a barrier made of a row of columns that hold some wooden or marble boards in between, on which icons are painted or verses from Scripture are engraved.
- c. δρύφοκтα ( dryfokta ): fence.
- d. тέκπαλον ( tekpalon ): temple. It is called a temple either because it looks like the front of the old temples or because it aims to express the Christian concept of the holy place where God is worshipped.