Cella

In Classical architecture, the body of a temple - the inner room or main hall where the principal statue or symbol of the god was worshipped. This inner sanctum, as distinct from the portico, was a simple room, usually rectangular, with the entrance at one end and with the side walls often being extended to form a porch. In larger temples, where the cella was open to the sky, a small temple was sometimes placed within.

(Latin; Greek: naos) Architectural term used to describe either the whole of a temple apart from its outer colonnade or, in a more restricted sense, only the main hall, in which the cult statues were placed. celt. An antiquated 19th-century term for an axe or adze.