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abbey
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a monastery or convent
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aisle
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a part of a church divided laterally from the nave by a row of pillars or columns
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ambulatory
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a continuous aisle around a circulate building; for example: the aisle around the east end of a Christian church
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apse
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a semicircular or polygonal projections or terminations
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apsidal
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having semicircular or polygonal projections or terminations
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cathedral
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a large or important church; the principal church of a bishops's and one that contains his official throne
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central crossing
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the main or largest intersection of the nave and transept in a cruciform church
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chancel
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the often enclosed space around the altar of a church for the clergy and choir
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chapel
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a place of worship that is smaller than and subordinate to a church
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clerestory
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the upper part of the nave, transepts, and choir of a church, containing windows used to let in light and for ventilation
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chevet
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the French word for the combination of an apse, its surrounding ambulatory, and radiating chapels
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cloister
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a covered walk w/ an open colonnade on one side, running along the inside walls of buildings that face a quadrangle, esp. w/in a monastery or convent
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crypt
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an underground vault or chamber, esp. one beneath a church that is used as a burial place
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cupula
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a domed roof or ceiling, usually in miniature, w/ a lantern on top, and surmounting a roof
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flying buttress
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a structure, usually brick or stone, built against a wall for support, reinforcement or to resist the pressure of an arch or vault above, particularly one that springs from a solid pier and abuts against another part of the structure to receive thrust
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gable
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the triangular wall section at the ends of a pitched roof, bounded by the two roof slopes and the ridge pole
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groin vault
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a vault (or arched structure, usually of stone, brick or concrete, forming a ceiling or roof), formed by the intersection at right angles of two barrel vaults
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narthex
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a portico, entrance hall or lobby of an early Christian or Byzantine church or basilica, leading to the nave of a church
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nave
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the central part of a church, (west of the crossing) extending from the narthex to the chancel and flanked by aisles
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pilaster
Definition
a rectangular column w/ a capital and base, set into a wall as an ornamental motif
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radiating chapels
Definition
places of worship that are smaller than and subordinate to a church that are spread out radially, as the spokes of a wheel
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ribbed vault
Definition
a vault (arched structure, usually of stone, brick, or concrete, forming a ceiling or roof) which is a development of the groin vault, where arched ribs are built across the sides and diagonals of the vaulted bay to form a support for the infilling
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sanctuary
Definition
the most holy part of a sacred place
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transept
Definition
the 2 lateral arms of a cruciform church, projecting to the north and south, usually between the nave and chancel
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transverse arch
Definition
an arch situated or crosswise to the main axis of a building
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triforium
Definition
a gallery of arches above the side-aisle vaulting in the nave of a church
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turret
Definition
a small ornamental tower or tower-shaped projection on a building
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vestibule
Definition
a small entrance hall or lobby
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church
Definition
a building for public, esp. Christian, worship
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