triforium

American  

[trahy-fawr-ee-uhm, -fohr-] / traɪˈfɔr i əm, -ˈfoʊr- /

noun

Architecture.

triforia plural

1. (in a church) the wall at the side of the nave, choir, or transept, corresponding to the space between the vaulting or ceiling and the roof of an aisle, often having a blind arcade or an opening in a gallery.

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triforium British  

/ traɪˈfɔːrɪəm /

noun

1. an arcade above the arches of the nave, choir, or transept of a church

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• triforial
  adjective

Inflected Forms

noun

• triforia
  plural

Etymology

Origin of triforium

1695–1705; < Anglo-Latin, special use of Medieval Latin triforium kind of gallery, literally, something with three openings, equivalent to Latin tri- tri- + for ( is ) opening, door + -ium -ium

Example Sentences

The towering Triforium, the art piece that brought music and lighting to the public space, is quiet.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 22, 2024

After decades of silence, L.A.’s Triforium has become the “pipe organ of light” its creator meant it to be — for three nights.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 2, 2018

For the past two Fridays, the Triforium dazzled thousands of onlookers with its “polyphonoptic” interface — as creator Joseph Young termed his forward-looking computer code that turned music into kinetic light.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 2, 2018

The Main Wall of each of the first-mentioned separate portions of the building is divisible, in the interior vertically into three portions, or Stories, consisting of The Ground-story,The Triforium or Blind-story,The Clere-story.

From The Seven Periods of English Architecture Defined and Illustrated by Sharpe, Edmund

Triforium arches and arcades open with trefoiled heads.

From Architecture Gothic and Renaissance by Smith, T. Roger (Thomas Roger)