slype

American  

[slahyp] / slaɪp /

noun

Architecture.

1. a covered passage, especially one from the transept of a cathedral to the chapter house.

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slype British  

/ slaɪp /

noun

1. a covered passageway in a cathedral or church that connects the transept to the chapterhouse

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Etymology

Origin of slype

1860–65; origin uncertain; compare dialectal Dutch slijpe secret path

Example Sentences

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slype

Five extremely fine Early Norman arches which were once part of the chapter-house still remain, and may be seen in a line with the end of the slype, beyond the south transept.

From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Winchester A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See by Sergeant, Philip Walsingham

Of the same date must be much of the strengthening masonry in the crypt, the Prior's lodging, the chapel, and the slype beneath it.

From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Gloucester [2nd ed.] A Description of Its Fabric and A Brief History of the Espicopal See by Massé, H. J. L. J. (Henri Jean Louis Joseph)

It occupies the place of the passage known as the slype in monastic churches.

From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Exeter A Description of Its Fabric and a Brief History of the Episcopal See by Addleshaw, Percy

The west tower fell in the beginning of last century; the cloister lay to the north of the nave; the chapter-house, slype, and site of domestic buildings extended to the north of the transept.

From Scottish Cathedrals and Abbeys by Butler, Dugald

The monastic buildings consist of the sacristy, or St. Mary's aisle, the chapter-house, the slype, and monks' hall—the whole forming the E. side of the cloisters.

From Scottish Cathedrals and Abbeys by Butler, Dugald