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NORMAN ARCHITECTURE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A Romanesque style first appearing in Normandy around 950 AD and used in Britain from the Norman Conquest until the 12th century
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Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("Norman architecture" is a kind of...):
Romanesque; Romanesque architecture (a style of architecture developed in Italy and western Europe between the Roman and the Gothic styles after 1000 AD; characterized by round arches and vaults and by the substitution of piers for columns and profuse ornament and arcades)