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Definition of "triforium" [tri•fo•ri•um]

  • Architecture A gallery of arches above the side-aisle vaulting in the nave of a church. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "triforium" in a sentence
  • "Above the triforium is the clerestory, which contains one light to each sub-bay, and surmounting all is the vaulting, which springs from the piers and from grotesquely carved corbels between the triforium arches."
  • "Early English transept of the minster itself the triforium is the most prominent feature of the design."
  • "The interior has a clean and fresh appearance owing to the recent restorations and is chiefly remarkable for the balustraded triforium which is continued round the whole church."
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