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

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Example Sentences

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slype

Under this arcading in the transept is a doorway, built by Lord Grimthorpe, partly from fragments of the west doorway of the old slype, and partly from his own design.

From Bell's Cathedrals: The Cathedral Church of Saint Albans With an Account of the Fabric & a Short History of the Abbey by Rev. Thomas Perkins

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 Dugald Butler

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 Percy Addleshaw

South of the fratery is the slype or passage, with arched openings to the east and west.

From Scottish Cathedrals and Abbeys by Dugald Butler

The "slype" is a passage which was cut through the southern buttress by Bishop Curle, to put a stop to the constant use of the nave and south aisle as a thoroughfare by the townspeople.

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

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