10 September 2016

proscenium

[proh-see-nee-uh m, pruh-]

noun, plural proscenia [proh-see-nee-uh, pruh-] (Show IPA). Theater.

1. Also called proscenium arch. the arch that separates a stage from the auditorium.
Abbreviation: pros.
2. (formerly) the apron or, especially in ancient theater, the stage itself.

Origin of proscenium

Latin, Greek
1600-1610; < Latin proscēnium, proscaenium < Greek proskḗnion entrance to a tent, porch, stage ( Late Greek: stage curtain), equivalent to pro- pro-2+ skēn (ḗ) (see scene ) + -ion neuter noun suffix

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The proscenium Arch is the arch or frame extending around the front of the stage of a theatre.
The Boy Craftsman
A. Neely Hall

Anyway, I’m going to propose, him for the Stuyvesant and the proscenium.
The Younger Set
Robert W. Chambers

The chief feat however is not yet performed, that which is to be acted in front of the proscenium!
Beethoven’s Letters 1790-1826 Vol. 2
Lady Wallace

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