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"Retrochoir"
Keywords:
altar
,
cathedral
,
chapel
,
church
,
martindale
Related Terms:
Chancel
,
Bema
,
Retable
,
Ambo
,
Nave
,
Chevet
,
Pulpit
,
Baptistery
,
Sacristy
,
Duomo
,
Sedilia
,
Sacristan
,
Apse
,
Basilica
,
Narthex
,
Recessional
,
Tribune
,
Antependium
,
Aisle
,
Ciborium
,
Rood screen
,
Iconostasis
,
Rood
,
Chapel
,
Baptistry
,
Ambulatory
,
Reredos
,
Sexton
,
Apsidal
,
Processional
,
Lady chapel
,
Naos
,
Feretory
,
Cathedra
,
Maniple
,
Choir
,
Altarpiece
,
Crossing
,
Undercroft
,
Pew
,
Aumbry
,
Ambry
,
Tunicle
,
Crucifer
,
Pontifical
,
Transept
,
Cathedral
,
Dalmatic
,
Cloister
Any extension of a church behind the high altar, as a chapel; also, in an apsidal church, all the space beyond the line of the back or eastern face of the altar.
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Space behind the altar. (Martindale, Andrew. Gothic Art, 269)
netserf.org
Part of cathedral or large church behind the high altar.
freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com
the area behind the high altar in a major church
medievalwriting.50megs.com
the part of a cathedral church which lies behind the high altar, see also Lady Chapel
lichfield-cathedral.org
The space situated directly to the rear of the altar in a church or cathedral.
elore.com
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