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[-fawr-ee-uh, -fohr-] . Architecture. | (in a church) the wall at the side of the nave, choir, or transept, corresponding to the space between the vaulting or ceiling and the roof of an aisle, often having a blind arcade or an opening in a gallery. |
| tri·fo·ri·um (trī-fôr'ē-əm, -fōr'-) n. pl. tri·fo·ri·a (-fôr'ē-ə, -fōr'-) Architecture A gallery of arches above the side-aisle vaulting in the nave of a church. [Medieval Latin, a gallery in Canterbury Cathedral (later taken to mean "with three openings").] |