sexpartite

[ seks-pahr-tahyt ]

adjective

1. divided into or consisting of six parts.
2. Architecture. (of a vault) divided into six compartments by two ogives and three transverse arches, one of which crosses the ogives at the point at which they cross each other.

sexpartite

/ sɛksˈpɑːtaɪt /

adjective

1. (esp of vaults, arches, etc) divided into or composed of six parts
2. maintained by or involving six participants or groups of participants

Word History and Origins

Origin of sexpartite¹

First recorded in 1750–60; sex- + partite

Example Sentences

The choir has one bay of quadripartite and one of sexpartite vaulting, and an apse.

From Project Gutenberg

Noyon Cathedral had from its start planned for a sexpartite vault by building its ground supports of alternating strength.

From Project Gutenberg

The profiles were alike in both cathedrals, and so were the sexpartite vaulting and the embryo transept.

From Project Gutenberg

Of that time, too (c. 1180), is the double bay, surmounted by a sexpartite vault which precedes the apse.

From Project Gutenberg

Notre Dame of Paris used the sexpartite system which calls for alternating ground supports.

From Project Gutenberg