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triforial

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tri⋅fo⋅ri⋅um

[trahy-fawr-ee-uhm, -fohr-]
–noun, plural -fo⋅ri⋅a [-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.

Origin:
1695–1705; < AL, special use of ML triforium kind of gallery, lit., something with three openings, equiv. to L tri- tri- + for(is) opening, door + -ium -ium


tri⋅fo⋅ri⋅al, adjective
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