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retrochoirs

retrochoirs is the plural of retrochoir.

Meaning of retrochoir

Noun

retrochoir (plural retrochoirs)

  1. Any extension of a church or cathedral behind the high altar, which may include a chapel.
  2. In an apsidal church, all the space beyond the line of the back or eastern (see liturgical east) face of the altar.

Questions about retrochoirs

What is retrochoirs the plural of?
Retrochoirs is the plural of retrochoir.

Words near retrochoirs in the dictionary

  1. retrochiasmal
  2. retrochiasmatic
  3. retrochoanal
  4. retrochoanitic
  5. retrochoir
  6. retrochoirs
  7. retrochorionic
  8. retrochronal
  9. retroclination
  10. retroclinations
  11. retrocline

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