Definition of triforium in English:
triforium
nounPlural triforia trʌɪˈfɔːrɪəmtraɪˈfɔriəm
A gallery or arcade above the arches of the nave, choir, and transepts of a church.
Example sentencesExamples
- In ecclesiastical buildings, the triforium, a windowless gallery above the main arcade, was of great importance, largely for structural reasons, in contrast to the enlarged clerestory of Gothic architecture.
- The triforium zone of the basilica features a cycle of over thirty frescoes of the life and legend of Peter, executed in about 1300 and credited to Deodato Orlandi.
- A vast white room, it was, with a wide, white triforium lined with white canvas mattresses.
- The church has been altered to form an auditorium with partly raked seating in the nave and exhibition spaces in the aisles and triforium.
- It's a balustraded eyrie in the triforium, the narrow gallery 60 feet above the ground.
Origin
Early 18th century: from Anglo-Latin, of unknown origin.
Definition of triforium in US English:
triforium
nountraɪˈfɔriəmtrīˈfôrēəm
A gallery or arcade above the arches of the nave, choir, and transepts of a church.
Example sentencesExamples
- It's a balustraded eyrie in the triforium, the narrow gallery 60 feet above the ground.
- The church has been altered to form an auditorium with partly raked seating in the nave and exhibition spaces in the aisles and triforium.
- A vast white room, it was, with a wide, white triforium lined with white canvas mattresses.
- The triforium zone of the basilica features a cycle of over thirty frescoes of the life and legend of Peter, executed in about 1300 and credited to Deodato Orlandi.
- In ecclesiastical buildings, the triforium, a windowless gallery above the main arcade, was of great importance, largely for structural reasons, in contrast to the enlarged clerestory of Gothic architecture.
Origin
Early 18th century: from Anglo-Latin, of unknown origin.