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Church A building for public Christian worship.

A religion, founded on the teach-
ings of Jesus Christ, including the
Christianity
Catholic, Protestant, and Eastern Ortho-
dox churches.
An early christian church, characterized
by a long, rectangular, plan, a high colon-
naded nave lit by a clerestory and cov-
ered by a timbered gable roof, two or four
Basilica
lower side ailes, a semicircular apse at
the end, a nathex, and often other fea-
tures, as an atrium, a bema and asmall
semicircular apses terminating the ailes.
The forecourt of an early Christian
Atrium church, flanked or surrounded by porti-
cos.
Ambulatory The covered walk of an atrium or cloister.
A basin for ritual cleansing with water in
Cantharus
the atrium of an early Christian basilica.
A semicircular or polygonal projection
of a building usually vaulted and used
Apse
esp at the sanctuary or east end of a
church,also apsis
the bishop's throne ,occupying a recess
Tribune
or apse in an early christian.
A transverse open space separating the
nave and the apse of an early Christian
Bema
church, developing into the transept of
later cruciform churches.
A sacred or holy place ,as that part of
Sanctuary a church im which the principal altar is
placed.

The table in christian church upon which

Altar
the Eucharist ,the sacrament celebrating
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christs last supper ,is celebrated ,also
called communion table.
An ornamental canopy of stone or mar-
ble permanently placed over the altar in
Baldachin
church ,also ,baldachino ,baldaquin, also
ciborium.
The principal or central part of a church
nave ,extending from the narthex to the choir
or channel and usually flanked by aisles.
Any of the longitudinal division of a
Ailes church, separated from the nave by row
of columns or piers.
A portico before the nave of an early
Narthex Christian or byzantine church, appropri-
ated to penitents.
Either of two raised stand from which the
Ambo gospel or epistle were read or chanted in
a early christian church, also ambon.
esonarthex An inner narthex when two are present.
A covered walk or couter narthex situat-
exonarthex
ed before an inner narthex
A part of a church or a separate build-
Babtistery ing in which baptism is administered,also
called baptistry
A sacrament of initiation into christian-
ity , symbolic of spiritual regeneration,
Baptism
marked by a ceremonial immersion or
application of water.
A basin ,usually of stone, holding the
Font
water used on baptism.
a low screen in an early christian basilica
Cancelli separating the clergy and sometimes the
choir from the congregation

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A stone coffine esp one bearing sculp-
Sarcophagus ture or iscriptions and displayed as a
monument.
The sanctuary space surrounding the al-
Bema
tar of an eastern church
A sacristy in an early christian or eastern
Diaconicon church usually on the south side of the
bem
a room in a church where the sacred ves-
Sacristy sels and vestment are kept ,also called
vestry
a chapel in a eastern church where the
Prothesis eucharistic elements are prepared, usu-
ally on the north side of the bema.
a representation of a sacred christian
personage such as christ or a saint or
Icon angel ,typically painted on wood surface
and itself venerated as being sacred esp
in the tradition of the eastern church
a screen or partition on which icons are
Iconostasis placed separating the bema from the
nave of an eastern church ,also iconotas
A large apsidal extension of the interior
Exedra
volume of a church, also exhedra
the major transverse part of a cruciform
Transept church crossing the main axis at a right
angle between the nave and choir.
the intersection of the nave and transept
Crossing
in a cruciform church
A tall acute tapering pyramidal structure
Spire
surmounting a steeple or tower.
the monumental western front of a ro-
manesque church , treated as a tower or
Westwork
tower contain a low entrance hall below
and a chapel open to the nave
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a rose window having distinctly radiat-

Whell window ing mullions or bars,also called catherine
wheel, marigold window
the space between an arch and the hori-
Tympanum zontal head of a door window below often
decorated with sculpture
a column supporting the typanum of a
trumeau
doorway at its center
a bell tower usually one near but not
Campanile
attached to the body of a church
a bulbous, dome like roof terminating in a
sharp point,use esp in russian orthodox
Onion dome
church architecture to cover a cupola or
tower
A tall ornamental structure ,usually end-
steeple ing in a spire and surmounting the tower
of the church or other public building.
A canopied recess for a religious image
Tabernade
or icon
A roofed promenade esp one extending
Gallery inside or outside along the exterior wall
of a building
Loft A gallery or upper level in a church or hall
An indigenous Scandinavian church of
the 12th and 13th centuries ,having a tim-
Stave church
ber frame, plank walls, a tiered steeply
pitched roof and few windows.
a series of arches supported on pier or
Arcade
column

Curved or arched like a bow: a term

used in describing the arch or vaulted
Arcuate structure of romanesque church or goth-
ic cathedral,as distinguished from the
trabeated architecture of an eyptian hy-
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postyle hall or greek doric temple also
,arcuated.
A pier or pilaster projecting from a wall as
Respond a support for an arch or lintel esp at the
termination of an arcade or colonnade.
A thickened abacus or supplementary
capital set above a column capital to re-
Dosseret
ceive the thrust of an arch, also called
impost block.
An arcade esp a blind one ,composed of
arches resting on alternate support and
Interlacing arcade
overlapping in series where they cross
,also called intersecting arcade
A series of arches superimposed on a
Blind arcade.
wall for decoration ,also called arcature
The pricipal church of diocese, contain-
Cathedral ing the bishop's thrones called the cathe-
dra.
A slender spire from the ridge of a roof
Fleche especially one above the crossing of a
gothic church
a relatively small ,usually foliated orna-
Finial ment terminating the peak of a spire or
pinnacle.
A projecting ornaments usually in the
form of curved follage ,esp in gothic ar-
Crocket
chitecture to decorate the outer angles of
pinnacles spires and gables.
a grotesquely carved figire of a human or
animal esp one with an open mouth that
Gargoyle serves as a spout and projects from a
gutter to throw rainwater clear of a build-
ing

Chantry
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a chapel endowed for the saying of
masses and prayers for the souls of the
founder or persons named by them
a mazelike pattern inlaid in the pavement
Labyrinth
of a medieval church
the space about the altar of a church for
the clergy and the choir ,often elevated
Chancel
above the nave and separated from it by
a railing or screen
a separately dedicated part of a church
Chapel for private prayer meditation or religious
services
a round end of east Gothic cathedral,in-
Chevet
cluding the apse and ambulatory
An aisle encircling the end of the choir or
Ambulatory chancel of the church,also called deam-
bulatory.
A circular window usually of stained
Rose window glass and decorated with tracery sym-
metrical about the center
Glass colored or by having pigments
baked onto it surface or by having vari-
Stained glass
ous metallic oxides fused into it while in
a molten state
An arcaded story in church ,between the
nave arches and clerestory and corre-
Triforium
sponding to the space between the vault-
ing and the roof of an aisle
an underground chamber or vault used
Crypt as a burial place esp. one beneath the
main floor of a church
A crucifix symbolizing the cross on which
christ was crucified esp a large one set
Rood
above the entrance to the choir or chan-
cel a medieval church
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A screen often elaborately adorned and

properly surmounted by a rood separat-
Rood screen
ing te chancel or choir from the nave of a
medieval church.
A small porch used as a chapel for pen-
Galilee itent at the west end of some nedieval
english churches,also galillee porch.
a part of a church occupied by singers of
Choir
choir ,usually part of the chancel
a separate division of the choir or high
retrochoir
altar of a large church
A chapel dedicated to the virgin Mary,
Lady chapel usually located behind the high altar of a
cathedral at the extremity of the apse
High altar The main altar of the church.
The part of church for the officiating cler-
Presbytery
gy.
An enclosed place esp the land surround
Close
or beside a cathedral.
A covered the passage esp one between
Slype the transept and chapter house of the
cathedral, also slip.
The place of the chaper of cathedral or
monastery meets,usually a building at-
Chapter house
tached to or a hall forming apart of the
cathedral or monastery.
An assembly of the monks in a
Chapter monastery, or the members of a religious
house or order.
Paradise An atrium or cloister beside the church
A covered having arcade or colonnaded
Cloister
on one side opening into a courtyard
a courtyard or quadrangle enclosed by a
Garth
cloister , also called cloister Gareth
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A walk or passage ,as along a cloister

Allure or behind the parapets of a castle, also
allure.

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