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7 Unit 7 Architecture. Glossary
7.1 Mind the meaning of the following architectural terms:
Aisle is the side subdivision in a church; all the subdivisions including the nave.
Altar is the most sacvet part in Christian churches.
Ambulatory is a continuous aisle in a circular building. In church, the ambulatory
serves as a semicircular aisle that encloses the apse.
Apse is a semicircular or polygonal termination to or projection from a church or other
public building. In most churches the apse is at one end of the building and contains the
main altar.
Arcade refers to a series of arches supported by columns or piers. A passageway
formed by the arches is also called an arcade.
Arch is a curved structure used to support the weight of the material above it. A stone
at the top of an arch, called the keystone, holds the other parts in place.
Architrave is (1) the stone which in classic architecture is thrown from one column or
pilaster to the next; (2) the moulding which in the same styles is used to ornament the
margin of a door or window, opening or arch.
Band is a flat moulding or projecting strip of stone.
Basilica is an oblong rectangular hall with double colonnade and apse used in ancient
Rome for judicial assembles; a church built on such a plan.
Bay window is a window projecting out word from the wall. It may be rectangular or
polygonal. It must be built up from the ground.
Bow window is similar to bay window but circular or segmental.
Buttress is a support built against an outside wall of a building. A flying buttress is an
arched support that extends from a column or pier to the wall.
Cantilever is a horizontal projection, such as a balcony beam, which is supported only
at one end.
Capital in an order, forms the upper part of a column. It separates the shaft from the
entablature.
Chapel is a small part or division of a large church having an altar.
Clerestory is the upper story or row of windows lighting the nave of a church.
7 Unit 7 Architecture. Glossary
7.1 Mind the meaning of the following architectural terms:
Aisle is the side subdivision in a church; all the subdivisions including the nave.
Altar is the most sacvet part in Christian churches.
Ambulatory is a continuous aisle in a circular building. In church, the ambulatory
serves as a semicircular aisle that encloses the apse.
Apse is a semicircular or polygonal termination to or projection from a church or other
public building. In most churches the apse is at one end of the building and contains the
main altar.
Arcade refers to a series of arches supported by columns or piers. A passageway
formed by the arches is also called an arcade.
Arch is a curved structure used to support the weight of the material above it. A stone
at the top of an arch, called the keystone, holds the other parts in place.
Architrave is (1) the stone which in classic architecture is thrown from one column or
pilaster to the next; (2) the moulding which in the same styles is used to ornament the
margin of a door or window, opening or arch.
Band is a flat moulding or projecting strip of stone.
Basilica is an oblong rectangular hall with double colonnade and apse used in ancient
Rome for judicial assembles; a church built on such a plan.
Bay window is a window projecting out word from the wall. It may be rectangular or
polygonal. It must be built up from the ground.
Bow window is similar to bay window but circular or segmental.
Buttress is a support built against an outside wall of a building. A flying buttress is an
arched support that extends from a column or pier to the wall.
Cantilever is a horizontal projection, such as a balcony beam, which is supported only
at one end.
Capital in an order, forms the upper part of a column. It separates the shaft from the
entablature.
Chapel is a small part or division of a large church having an altar.
Clerestory is the upper story or row of windows lighting the nave of a church.
