Sanctuary
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The immediate area around the principal altar, which is enclosed by a communion rail, setting it off from the nave ...
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In historic church architecture, the front part of the church from which the service is conducted, as distinct from the nave, where the congregation sits.
Sanctuary - Area around the main altar of a church. See presbytery.
Sash window - A window formed with sashes, i.e. sliding glazed frames running in vertical grooves; imported from Holland into England in the late c17.
Sanctuary
The high altar is placed here. This is considered the holiest part of the church.
Sanctuary
Most sacred part of the chapel or church, around the altar.
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Most sacred part of the chapel, usually round the altar.
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sanctuary In a church, the area around the principal altar. In a synagogue, the nave.
sash In a window the wood or metal frame that holds the glass.
segmental arch An arch whose profile comprises an arc smaller than a semicircle.
sanctuary : Under medieval canon law a fugitive from justice or a debtor was immune from arrest in a sacred place. To some extent this right was observed.
scriptorium : A Medieval writing room in which scrolls were also housed.
Sanctuary
(a) the most holy part of a place of worship, the inner sanctum; (b) the part of a Christian church containing the altar.
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When used precisely, this is the part of a church that houses an altar. Practically every church contains an altar.
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peristyle (15) -- a covered colonnade surrounding a building or a court (Biers, 337) Sample Image (Lesson 12) ...
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Beyond the quire is the Sanctuary where the Blessed Sacrament is laid on the altar or communion table for the consecration. 'Sanctuary' means 'Holy Place'.
Sanctuary of Demeter Malophoros, Inside the remains of the Propylaia of the sanctuary, Selinunte (Sicily) ...
CHANCELthe sanctuary area in a church, near the altar, used by the clergy and choir
CLAPBOARDthin wood plank siding applied horizontally, one overlapping the next
COLONNADEa row of columns usually supporting the base of the roof structure ...
Presbytery (Sanctuary) : The area east of the Choir which contains or features the High Altar. The area of a church or cathedral reserved for the clergy.
Retrochoir : The space situated directly to the rear of the altar in a church or cathedral.
The historic sanctuary of Machu Picchu is a UNESCO World Heritage site. In 2007, Machu Picchu was also named one of the New 7 Wonders of the World.
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aviary, bird sanctuary, volary - a building where birds are kept
bathhouse, bathing machine - a building containing dressing rooms for bathers
bowling alley - a building that contains several alleys for bowling ...
It is placed in the most prominent place in the church, usually at the east end, in the choir or sanctuary, facing the main entrance to the church.
sanctuary Literally, "the sacred place." In classical temples, the entire sacred area comprising the temple complex. In churches, historically the section containing the altar, as distinct from the nave.
In churches with a lecture-hall floor plan, the term sanctuary is often used to mean both chancel and nave because the two are not architecturally distinct. In the historic floor plan, the words chancel and sanctuary are often synonyms.
Unlike the Egyptian arrangement, in which columns are arranged within a walled structure, the Greek temple consisted of a sanctuary surrounded by columns, which articulated exterior space.
Like the Jamali Kamali Masjid the sanctuary of this mosque consists of five bays running north-south parallel to the qibla with the central bay emphasized by a dome.
The general plan of the cathedrals, however, consisting of a long three-aisled nave intercepted by a transept and followed by a shorter choir and sanctuary, differs little from that of Romanesque churches.
And this secret worship rendered to you, as it were within the innermost sanctuary stunned and amazed the minds of those to whom their rank granted access.
In the presbytery or sanctuary directly to the east beyond the choir is the High Altar, where there is one (compare communion table). This area is reserved for the clergy. The word derives from the Greek presbuteros meaning "elder".
adytum: (Greek) the inner sanctuary of a temple, entered only by the priest.
agora: (Greek) public square or market place.
alternating supports: a system in which piers of complex section alternate with simple columns or pillars.
PERISTYLE (Gr. rcpt., round, and ori os, column), in architecture, a range of columns (whether rectangular or circular on plan) in one or two rows, enclosing the sanctuary of a temple; ...
Islamic architectural term given to the sanctuary or praying-chamber in a mosque, which was sometimes enclosed with a screen of lattice-work the word...
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IconostasisIn Orthodox churches, the screen that divides off the sanctuary, usually decorated with sacred images (icons).Imperial stair
A stair rising in one flight and returning at right angles in two.Impost ...
The interior chambers was sanctuary and the exterior rooms was used for less reserved ceremonies. In a palace, the type of construction was almost always two long files of chambers, one behind the other.
APSE A semicircular or polygonal project ion on a church; oft en found iii the east end, beyond the chancel or sanctuary.
By the end of the twelfth century the small Keltic sanctuary had imposed itself on the choirs of our great Norman churches still more decisively than it had in the basilican introduction of St. Augustine (A History of Gothic Art in England, II, 79).
In their search for an ordered existence, people sought sanctuary in the church which became the spiritual focus of the community as well as being the largest, ...
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