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clearstory

American  
[kleer-stawr-ee, -stohr-ee] / ˈklɪərˌstɔr i, -ˌstoʊr i /

noun

clearstories plural
  1. clerestory.


clearstory British  
/ ˈklɪəˌstɔːrɪ /

noun

  1. a variant spelling of clerestory

"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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It is interesting to compare the design of this clearstory with that of St. Michael's.

From The Churches of Coventry A Short History of the City & Its Medieval Remains by Woodhouse, Frederick W.

She handed him a record as they sat there together in a broad ribbon of mid-morning sunlight that flooded down through one of the clearstory windows.

From Darkness and Dawn by England, George Allan

While the north aisle is later than the south, the clearstory, as has been said is earlier, being of late Decorated date with large three-light windows of reticulated tracery.

From The Churches of Coventry A Short History of the City & Its Medieval Remains by Woodhouse, Frederick W.

The panelling beneath the clearstory is richer than that in the nave.

From The Churches of Coventry A Short History of the City & Its Medieval Remains by Woodhouse, Frederick W.

In the West these structural divisions were developed into the triple composition of nave-arcade, triforium, and clearstory.

From Byzantine Churches in Constantinople Their History and Architecture by Van Millingen, Alexander

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