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retroquire

retroquire is the alternative form 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.

Synonyms of retroquire

  • back-choir

Forms of retroquire

pluralretroquires

Origin of retroquire

From retro- + quire.

Questions about retroquire

What is retroquire the alternative form of?
Retroquire is the alternative form of retrochoir.

Words near retroquire in the dictionary

  1. retropulsing
  2. retropulsion
  3. retropulsions
  4. retropulsive
  5. retropupillary
  6. retroquire
  7. retroquires
  8. retrorectal
  9. retrorectus
  10. retroreflect
  11. retroreflectance

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Adapted from Wiktionary: retroquire (page history and authors); retrochoir (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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