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clerestory definition

clere·story (klirstôr′ē)

noun pl. clerestories -·ries

the upper part of a wall, specif. of a church, containing windows for lighting the central part of a lofty room or space

Etymology: ME clerestorie < cler, clear + storie, story

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clerestory Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • have: All is vaulted in stone and the nave is tall enough to have had a clerestory, but there is blank wall here instead.

Adjective modifier

  • pretty: The first impression is of the great swathe of 14th century aisle, with a pretty clerestory peeping above it.

Modifies a noun

  • window: A few last rays of light still struck through the clerestory windows, resting upon capitals with stiff foliage.

Preposition: above

  • arcade: As tho transported from a French cathedral, light fills the clerestory above the north transept arcade.

Noun used with modifier

  • century: The wealth of those days built the church, particularly the fine 15th century clerestory and aisles.
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