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chevet

[ shuh-vey ]

noun

  1. an apse, as of a Gothic cathedral.


chevet

/ ʃəˈveɪ /

noun

  1. a semicircular or polygonal east end of a church, esp a French Gothic church, often with a number of attached apses
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of chevet1

1800–10; < French, earlier chevès, Old French chevez Latin capitium opening or covering for the head. See caput
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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.

Beyond the chevet stood a tower of which the actual one is a replica.

The first light in the Lyons chevet celebrates the local martyrs.

The choir is of late thirteenth century work, very short, with five chapels in the chevet.

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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