retrochoir

noun
/ˈɹɛ.tɹəˌkwaɪ.ə(ɹ)/UK/ˈɹɛ.tɹəˌkwaɪɚ/US

Etymology

From retro- + choir.

  1. derived from χορός
  2. derived from chorus
  3. derived from quer
  4. inherited from quer
  5. prefixed as retrochoir — “retro + choir

Definitions

  1. Any extension of a church behind the high altar, such as a chapel.

  2. In an apsidal church, all the space beyond the line of the back or eastern face of the…

    In an apsidal church, all the space beyond the line of the back or eastern face of the altar.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for retrochoir. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA