retrochoir

English

Alternative forms

• retroquire

Etymology

From retro- +‎ choir.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɹɛ.tɹəˌkwaɪ.ə(ɹ)/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɹɛ.tɹəˌkwaɪɚ/
• Rhymes: -aɪə(ɹ)

Noun

retrochoir (plural retrochoirs)

1. (architecture) Any extension of a church behind the high altar, such as a chapel.
2. (architecture) In an apsidal church, all the space beyond the line of the back or eastern face of the altar.

Synonyms

• back-choir

Translations

extension

• Polish: ambit (pl) m

space beyond the altar

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “retrochoir”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)