Ex'e'drā' or Ex-ē'drā, n.
Ex'e'drā', or Ex-ē'drā, n.; pl. EXEDRÆ. [Lat. exedra, from Gr. ἔξεδρα, from ἐξ, out, and ἕδρα, seat, from ἕδος, seat, from ἑζέσθαι, to seat one's self, to sit; Fr. exèdre.]
Sense 1. (Arch.) (a.) A portico or vestibule. (b.) A recess of a building.
Sense 2. (Anc. Arch.) A small room, as in baths and other buildings, appropriated to conversation. Cuvill.