sexpartite
divided into or consisting of six parts.
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.
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How to use sexpartite in a sentence
The choir has one bay of quadripartite and one of sexpartite vaulting, and an apse.
Some Account of Gothic Architecture in Spain | George Edmund StreetNoyon Cathedral had from its start planned for a sexpartite vault by building its ground supports of alternating strength.
How France Built Her Cathedrals | Elizabeth Boyle O'ReillyThe profiles were alike in both cathedrals, and so were the sexpartite vaulting and the embryo transept.
How France Built Her Cathedrals | Elizabeth Boyle O'ReillyOf that time, too (c. 1180), is the double bay, surmounted by a sexpartite vault which precedes the apse.
How France Built Her Cathedrals | Elizabeth Boyle O'ReillyNotre Dame of Paris used the sexpartite system which calls for alternating ground supports.
How France Built Her Cathedrals | Elizabeth Boyle O'Reilly
British Dictionary definitions for sexpartite
/ (sɛksˈpɑːtaɪt) /
(esp of vaults, arches, etc) divided into or composed of six parts
maintained by or involving six participants or groups of participants
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