Triforium Definition

trī-fôrē-əm
triforium
noun
A gallery or arcade in the wall above the arches of the nave, choir, or transept of a church.
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Origin of Triforium

  • Medieval Latin a gallery in Canterbury Cathedral (later taken to mean “with three openings”)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Triforium Sentence Examples

  • The top of the narthex forms a wide gallery, communicating with the interior at the triforium level.

  • The original triforium is transformed into a clerestory, the original clerestory being lost.

  • In the interior the sculptured triforium (15th century), the spiral staircase in the transept and a Holy Sepulchre are of interest.

  • The church, which rises high above the buildings clustering round it, consists of transepts and four bays of the nave of Romanesque architecture and of a fine choir (1450 - I 521) in the Flamboyant Gothic style with a triforium surmounted by lofty windows.

  • The nave and choir have aisles, triforium and clerestory.

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