What is List of church architecture terms?
{{no sources|date=December 2023}} [[File:Bourg en Bresse eglise de brou 005.JPG|thumb|right|120px|Rood screen: used for dividing the chancel from the nave]] [[File:Klosterbuxheim chorgestuehl.jpg|thumb|right|120px|Ornate choir stalls at Buxheim]] [[File:Monestir de Sant Cugat - Claustre galeria de llevant.JPG|thumb|right|120px|Cloister and arcades]] '''List of church architecture terms'''. The terms used in [[church architecture]] were developed first for the [[Gothic architecture]] [[cathedral]]s of the [[mediaeval]] era. The terms, with variations, are used for all kinds of [[Christian]] churches. == Horizontal layout == *[[Nave]], where the [[congregation]] sits. **Aisles round the edges. The aisles may be quite grand, major features of the cathedral. *The '''[[transept]]''' makes the cross shape. **The '''crossing''' is where the transept crosses the nave. *The '''quire''' ('''choir''') is the area between the nave and the 'sacred' area (the presbytery and sanctuary). The quire is separated from the nave by a ''''rood screen''''. It often has choir stalls where members of the '''choir''' sit. *Liturgical east end: **The '''[[presbytery]]''' is where the priest(s) conduct [[Christian liturgy|liturgy]], such as [[Mass (liturgy)|Mass]]. **The '''[[sanctuary]]''', not pictured here, is where the [[altar]] is. **The '''[[ambulatory]]''' (from the Latin 'to walk'), space for walking, with radiating [[chapel]]s around the outer wall of the ambulatory. [[File:Basilica (architecture) schematic section.png|thumb|center|300px|]] == Other terms == *'''[[Altar]]''': any structure where offerings are made for religious purposes. *'''[[Apse]]''': round (hemi-spherical) part at east end of church. *'''[[Chancel]]''': space around the altar *'''[[Lancet window]]''': tall, thin window, often pointed at top. *'''[[Reredos]]''': decorated screen behind altar *'''[[Rood screen]]''' or chancel screen: decorated screen which divides the chancel from the nave. {{DEFAULTSORT:church architecture terms}} [[Category:Religion-relat