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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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| a continuous aisle around a circular building; for example, the aisle around the east end of a Christian church |
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| a semicircular or polygonal, usually domed projection or termination of a building, esp. the altar, sanctuary, or east end of a church |
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| an open central court, esp. in ancient Roman houses, usually covered on the sides |
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| a series of arches supported by columns, piers, or pillars. a roofed passageway or lane, es. one with shops on either side |
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| a stone or marble structure built in the form of a canopy, esp. over the altar of a church. It may rise from columns or hang from the ceiling. |
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| an oblong building in ancient architecture with a semicircular apse at one end, used as a court of lace of assembly |
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| the often enclosed space around the altar of a church for the clergy and choir |
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| glass filled openings in the upper part of the nave, transepts, and choir of a church, used to let in light and for ventilation |
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| a covered walk with 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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| the intersection of the nave and transept in a cruciform church |
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| a drawing or diagram, from a horizontal plane, in the shape of a cross or marked w/ a cross |
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| an upper floor, open on one side to the main interior of a building (for example, the galleries above the isles of a church), or the exterior. |
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| a large and stately tomp or a building housing such a tomb or tombs |
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| a picture or decorative design made by setting small colored pieces, such as tile, stone or glass set in cement or mortar |
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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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| 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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| any of various vertical supporting structures, esp.: a pillar, rectangular in cross section, supporting an arch or roof; the portion of a wall between windows; a reinforcing structure that projects from a wall; buttress |
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| a facing, as of masonry, used to support an embankment |
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| the triangular space between the left or right exterior curve of an arch and the rectangular framework surrounding it or the space between two arches and a horizontal molding or cornice above them |
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| the two lateral arms of a cruciform church, projecting to the north and south, usually between the nave and chancel |
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| a large curved structure, typically containing three arched walkways, built to celebrate or commemorate a victory or triumph |
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