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Definition of Clerestories
1. clerestory [n] - See also: clerestory
Lexicographical Neighbors of Clerestories
Literary usage of Clerestories
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Illustrated Handbook of Architecture: Being a Concise and Popular by James Fergusson (1855)
"... were enabled to dispense almost wholly with solid walls, and-to render their
clerestories at least one blaze of gorgeous colouring—ihe glass being 639. ..."
2. A History of Architectural Development by Frederick Moore Simpson (1909)
"Certain groups of churches abroad with spacious triforium galleries are without
clerestories. In Northern Italy there are several, of which S. Ambrogio, ..."
3. Gothic Architecture in England: An Analysis of the Origin & Development of by Francis Bond (1906)
"Nevertheless there never was a time when some few parish churches were not built
with clerestories cathedral-fashion. Of these none can be more rude and ..."
4. The Ecclesiologist by Ecclesiological Society (1866)
"All other parts were restored as we found them ; the clerestories, and roofs of
the nave, the north transept, and the south chancel aisle remaining. ..."
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