Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In architecture, that part of the interior of a church or cathedral which is behind or beyond the choir, or between the choir and the lady-chapel.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Eccl. Arch.) Any extension of a church behind the high altar, as a chapel; also, in an apsidal church, all the space beyond the line of the back or eastern face of the altar.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun architecture Any
extension of achurch behind thehigh altar , such as achapel . - noun architecture In an
apsidal church, all the space beyond the line of the back or eastern face of thealtar .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Medieval porch tiles came from the cathedral retrochoir, a jewel-patterned plasterwork ceiling reflects ecclesiastical vestments, and further fireplaces are Italian marble.
Hotel review | George Bell House, Chichester Sally Shalam 2010
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The choir, in the middle of the largest nave, is magnificent Florid Gothic; the retrochoir, Renaissance.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913
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The architecture throughout the retrochoir is Early Decorated.
Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Exeter A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See Percy Addleshaw 1891
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There have been many later rebuildings and major nineteenthcentury restorations: choir and retrochoir 1215-60; north transept thirteenth century; south transept fourteenth century; nave 1895.
Telegraph.co.uk: news business sport the Daily Telegraph newspaper Sunday Telegraph 2009
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