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triforium

[ trahy-fawr-ee-uhm, -fohr- ]

noun

, Architecture.
, plural tri·fo·ri·a [trahy-, fawr, -ee-, uh, -, fohr, -].
  1. (in a church) the wall at the side of the nave, choir, or transept, corresponding to the space between the vaulting or ceiling and the roof of an aisle, often having a blind arcade or an opening in a gallery.


triforium

/ traɪˈfɔːrɪəm /

noun

  1. an arcade above the arches of the nave, choir, or transept of a church
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • triˈforial, adjective
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Other Words From

  • tri·fori·al adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of triforium1

1695–1705; < Anglo-Latin, special use of Medieval Latin triforium kind of gallery, literally, something with three openings, equivalent to Latin tri- tri- + for ( is ) opening, door + -ium -ium
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Word History and Origins

Origin of triforium1

C18: from Anglo-Latin, apparently from Latin tri- + foris a doorway; referring to the fact that each bay characteristically had three openings
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Example Sentences

Huge colored banners had been hung from the triforium and all the candles on the piers were lit.

Above them was the triforium, a row of arches that went up another twenty feet in front of a narrow passageway.

It opened in 1975 in the Civic Center to attract customers to the new underground mall below it — like the Triforium, a taxpayer-assisted project.

The Triforium has been the subject of many obituaries, all of them correct in one way or another.

Before the city embarks on new Olympics-driven arts projects, it should — it should be required to — give the city its money’s worth at last, with the thrill of a consistently working Triforium.

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