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clerestories

clerestories is the plural of clerestory.

Meaning of clerestory

Noun

clerestory (plural clerestories)

  1. The upper part of a wall containing windows to let in natural light to a building, especially in the nave, transept and choir of a church or cathedral.
    • Following these signs, he beheld three or four men with bent bows, leaning from the clerestory gallery.1883, Robert Louis Stevenson, “In the Abbey Church”, in The Black Arrow

Questions about clerestories

What is clerestories the plural of?
Clerestories is the plural of clerestory.

Words near clerestories in the dictionary

  1. Cler
  2. clerb
  3. Clerc
  4. clerecole
  5. clerestoried
  6. clerestories
  7. clerestory
  8. Clergate
  9. clergiable
  10. clergical
  11. clergies

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