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GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A style of architecture developed in northern France that spread throughout Europe between the 12th and 16th centuries; characterized by slender vertical piers and counterbalancing buttresses and by vaulting and pointed arches
Synonyms:
Gothic; Gothic architecture
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("Gothic architecture" is a kind of...):
architectural style; style of architecture; type of architecture (architecture as a kind of art form)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Gothic architecture"):
English-Gothic; English-Gothic architecture; perpendicular; perpendicular style (a Gothic style in 14th and 15th century England; characterized by vertical lines and a four-centered (Tudor) arch and fan vaulting)
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