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noun, plural clere·sto·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.
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Clerestory
is always a great word to know.
So is frontispiece. Does it mean:
| a fa?ade, or a part or feature of a fa?ade, often highlighted by ornamentation |
| any relatively broad, flat, horizontal surface, such as the outer edge of a cornice or a stringcourse |
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World English Dictionary
| clerestory or clearstory (ˈklɪəˌstɔːrɪ) | |
| —n , pl -ries | |
| 1. | a row of windows in the upper part of the wall of a church that divides the nave from the aisle, set above the aisle roof |
| 2. | Compare blindstorey the part of the wall in which these windows are set |
| [C15: from | |
| clearstory or clearstory | |
| —n | |
| [C15: from | |
| 'clerestoried or clearstory | |
| —adj | |
| 'clearstoried or clearstory | |
| —adj | |
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Word Origin & History
clerestory
1412, probably from clere "clear," in a sense "light, lighted," and story, though this sense of that word is not otherwise found so early.
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