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 a church behind the high altar, such as a chapel.
  • noun architecture In an apsidal church, all the space beyond the line of the back or eastern face of the altar.

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

retro- +‎ choir

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word retrochoir.

Examples

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.