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Webster 1913 Edition
Clerestory
{
Clear′stoˊry
(klēr′stōˊry̆)
, Clere′stoˊry
, }Noun.
(Arch.)
The upper story of the nave of a church, containing windows, and rising above the aisle roofs.
Definition 2024
clerestory
clerestory
English
Alternative forms
Noun
clerestory (plural clerestories)
- (architecture) The upper part of a wall containing windows to let in natural light to a building, especially in the nave, transept and choir of a church or cathedral.
Translations
upper part of a wall
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