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chevet
[ shuh-vey ]
noun
- an apse, as of a Gothic cathedral.
chevet
/ ʃəˈveɪ /
noun
- a semicircular or polygonal east end of a church, esp a French Gothic church, often with a number of attached apses
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of chevet1
C19: from French: pillow, from Latin capitium, from caput head
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Example Sentences
Livres de chevet for those whom the Strindbergian school will always leave aloof.
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Beyond the chevet stood a tower of which the actual one is a replica.
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The first light in the Lyons chevet celebrates the local martyrs.
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The choir is of late thirteenth century work, very short, with five chapels in the chevet.
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In fact, the planning of this chevet is one of the proofs that the work was of French, and not of Spanish origin.
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