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| The term referring to the earliest places of Christian worship. Churches existed in private homes. |
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| Isolated place of worship and living for monks. |
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| The combination of different beliefs - melding practices of various schools of thought |
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| Greek letters "C" and "H". Constantine had it on his shield - one of the first Christian symbols. |
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| The small living room found in the upstairs of a Roman house. |
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The middle part of the Christian church extending from the entrance to the crossing and flanked by aisles.
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| A lateral division of a Christian church or an ancient Roman basilica parallel to the main central space of the nave and seperated from it by arches. |
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| In a church with a cross-shaped plan, the space where the arms of the cross intersect. Sometimes called transept. |
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| A vaulted, semicircular or semipolygonal wall recess or extension of a hall, such as on the short side of an ancient Roman basilica or at the sanctuary end of a Christian church. |
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| The interior or exterior entrance of an early Christian church. Smaller area before entering the nave. |
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| The colonnaded forecourt of a Christian church. |
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| Icon alleged not made by human hands. Devine intervention |
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| Hiding how the building was made. Making it look like it should not be standing. Devine intervention. |
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A curving triangular surface or spandrel at the corners of a square or polygonal room that makes a transition from the room shape to a cirular dome or it's drum.
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| The principal Muslim religious building. |
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| A wall recess in a Muslim religious building indicating the direction towards Mecca. |
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| A tall slender tower of a mosque from which the faithful are called to prayer. |
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| The pulpit (speaker's stand) in the mosque. |
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| Taking original architecture from an old building and using it in a new one. |
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| Shaped like a rounded or pointed horseshoe and has a diameter at its widest point greater than the opening it spans. (Keyhole shaped) |
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| The eleborated west end of Carolingian or Romanesque church. It consists of an entrance hall with a room above, which opens to the nave, the whole topped with a broad tower. |
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| A unit of measurement to which parts of a buildiing are related by simple ratios. |
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| Religious journey usually done by criminals to religious spots. Pilgrims worshiped relics and affected the building of churches and spreading of knowledge. |
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| Things owned by saints or actual parts of saints. Worshiped by pilgrims and others. |
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| Projects from the curve of an ambulatory or apse. |
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The segmental space enclosed by the lintel or beam over a dorway and the arch above it. The triangular space within the moldings of a pediment.
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| The side of the door or window frame. |
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| A vault with a point in the middle of the surrounding arches. A web of ribs supprots, or seems to support, the vault. |
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A small arch or series of gradually wider and projecting concentric arches across the interior corners of a square or polygonal room, forming a transition from the room shape to a circular dome or drum above.
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| Figures - usually animals on sides of building used to drain water. |
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A masonry arch extending off the outside of a building, often along the length of the nave of a cathedral, which supports or reinforces the building. Often used on gothic churches.
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In a medieval Christian church, a shallow arcaded passageway opening onto the nave above the nave arcade and below the clerestory.
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| An upper story open on one side to a building's main interior space or to the exterior. In a church, a gallery runs above an aisle and opens onto the nave. |
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Arcade - A series of arches on columns or piers either freestanding or attached to a wall. Nave Arcade - A covered walk with a line of such arches on one or both sides.
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| A pilaster (flattened column or pier attached to a wall) or engaged half-pier that supports an arch or vault rib. |
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| Critical thinking which dominated teaching by the academics of medieval universities. |
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