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stave church

stave church noun: a wooden church with a medieval post and lintel construction.

stave church: a wooden church with a medieval post and lintel construction
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Noun

stave church (plural stave churches)

  1. A wooden church with a medieval post and lintel construction.

Forms of stave church

pluralstave churches

Questions about stave church

What does stave church mean?
Stave church means a wooden church with a medieval post and lintel construction.
What part of speech is stave church?
Stave church is a noun.
What is the plural of stave church?
The plural of stave church is stave churches.

Words near stave church in the dictionary

  1. Stauth
  2. Stavanger
  3. stavaroside
  4. stave
  5. stave acre
  6. stave church
  7. stave churches
  8. stave in
  9. stave off
  10. stave rhyme
  11. stave rhymes

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