chevetn.

/ʃəvɛ/

Etymology: < French chevet pillow, ‘eastern extremity of a church, especially considered externally’. In the latter sense, French formerly used chevès, < Latin capitium, < caput- head. (See Littré.)

The French name of the apsidal termination (semicircular or semipolygonal) of the east end of a church; particularly applied to that of French Gothic churches, where it is sometimes surrounded by apsidal chapels.

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1809 Whittington Eccl. Antiq. France (1811) ii. iii. 132 Rebuild the upper end of the church, which is called the Chevet, or round point.

1861 Sat. Rev. 30 Nov. 568 The choir, chevet, and transepts of the Abbey church [of Westminster]..belong to the great rebuilding undertaken by Henry III.

1861 A. Beresford-Hope Eng. Cathedral of 19th Cent. iii. 92 We have a further reason..for the adoption in our cathedrals of the chevet.

1888 W. J. Loftie Tower of London 36.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2018).

单词	chevet
释义	chevetn. /ʃəvɛ/ Etymology: < French chevet pillow, ‘eastern extremity of a church, especially considered externally’. In the latter sense, French formerly used chevès, < Latin capitium, < caput- head. (See Littré.) The French name of the apsidal termination (semicircular or semipolygonal) of the east end of a church; particularly applied to that of French Gothic churches, where it is sometimes surrounded by apsidal chapels. ΘΚΠ society > faith > artefacts > division of building (general) > apse > [noun] tribunalc1660 apsid1670 apsis1706 tribunea1771 chevet1809 apse1845 conch1849 concha1869 1809 Whittington Eccl. Antiq. France (1811) ii. iii. 132 Rebuild the upper end of the church, which is called the Chevet, or round point. 1861 Sat. Rev. 30 Nov. 568 The choir, chevet, and transepts of the Abbey church [of Westminster]..belong to the great rebuilding undertaken by Henry III. 1861 A. Beresford-Hope Eng. Cathedral of 19th Cent. iii. 92 We have a further reason..for the adoption in our cathedrals of the chevet. 1888 W. J. Loftie Tower of London 36. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < n.1809
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