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clear⋅sto⋅ry

  [kleer-stawr-ee, -stohr-ee]
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–noun, plural -ries.
clerestory.
Related forms:
clearstoried, adjective

clere⋅sto⋅ry

  [kleer-stawr-ee, -stohr-ee]
–noun, plural -ries.
1. Architecture. a portion of an interior rising above adjacent rooftops and having windows admitting daylight to the interior.
2. a raised construction, as on the roof of a railroad car, having windows or slits for admitting light or air.
Also, clearstory.

Origin:
1375–1425; late ME, equiv. to clere clear + story story 2

Related forms:
clerestoried, adjective
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clear·sto·ry   (klîr'stôr'ē, -stōr'ē)   
n.  Variant of clerestory.
clere·sto·ry also clear·sto·ry   (klîr'stôr'ē, -stōr'ē)   


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n.   pl. clere·sto·ries also clear·sto·ries

  1. The upper part of the nave, transepts, and choir of a church, containing windows.

  2. An upper portion of a wall containing windows for supplying natural light to a building.


[Middle English clerestorie : perhaps cler, giving light, clear; see clear + storie, tier; see story2.]
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