[Lat.] The body of the temple, as distinct from the portico and other external structures; = CELL 6.
1676. F. Vernon, in Phil. Trans., XI. 578. The length of its cella is but 73 feet, the breadth, 26.
1846. Ellis, Elgin Marbles, I. 24. It consisted of a cella, flanked by a double row of pillars.
1878. B. Taylor, in N. Amer. Rev., CXXVI. 118. The cella of the temple was nearly seventy feet wide.
