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A semicircular or polygonal passageway around the apse or altar of a church
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The open courtyard at the entrance of a Christian church
  
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AXIAL PLAN
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A church with a long nave whose focus is the apse, so-called becasue it is designed along an axis |
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In Christian architecture, an axially planned church with a long nave, side aisles, and an apse for the altar |
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An underground passageway used for burial
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A church having a circular plan with the altar in the middle
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A cup used in a Christian ceremony
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The third/window story of a church |
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A sunken panel in a ceiling |
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Small underground rooms in catacombs serving as mortuary chapels |
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The first four books of the New Testament that chronicle the life of Jesus |
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Openings in the walls of catacombs to receive the dead
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A crescent-shaped space, sometimes over a doorway that contains sculpture or painting
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| The vestibule/lobby of a church located far from the apse |
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A figure with raised hands in prayer
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The first five books of the Old Testament traditionally ascribed to Moses |
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An aisle in a church perpendicular to the nave, where the clergy originally stood
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The second story of a church |
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