Priest and monk dormitories constructed to the north, east and west of the lecture hall *kōdō 講堂, that is outside sacred precinct of a temple grounds which contain the *kondō 金堂, the main image hall, and the pagoda *tō 塔. These dormitories were narrow and exceedingly long. The standard plan had only one dormitory built on each side of the lecture hall. This arrangement is called ichigyō 一行, meaning a single line of buildings surrounding the lecture hall. Very large temples constructed double lines of dormitories, nigyō 二行, that were parallel to each other. In this case, one was larger, taibō 大坊, the other, shōshibō 小子坊. The former housed the high ranking priests; the latter, their attendants or lower ranking priests. In the 7th to 8th century, Kōfukuji 興福寺, and Tōdaiji 東大寺, both in Nara, had dormitories built to the north, east and west of the lecture hall but Gangōji 元興寺 also in Nara, had a double row of monks quarters built behind the lecture hall.