fenestellan.
/ˌfɛnᵻˈstɛlə/, U.S. /ˌfɛnəˈstɛlə/ 1. Architecture.
a. A small window-like niche in the wall on the south side of the altar, containing the piscina and often the credence.
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society > faith > artefacts > division of building (general) > other parts > [noun] > niche
mihrab1662
kiblah1775
fenestella1797
butsudan1822
prayer niche1872
1797 Gentleman's Mag. 67 ii. 649 A fenestella in the South wall of the chancel.
1839 W. B. Stonehouse Hist. Isle of Axholme 226 The fenestella, or small niche, contained a vessel, bason, or piscina, for washing the hands.
1843 Ecclesiologist 2 56 A Fenestella with Credence-shelf.
b. A small window.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > a building > parts of building > window or door > types of window > [noun] > small window
fenestrellec1420
windolet1592
mezzaninec1720
fenestella1848
peeper1899
1848 B. Webb Sketches Continental Ecclesiol. 57 The dwarf-wall is pierced by a broad fenestella with a trefoliated head.
1849 J. Weale Rudim. Dict. Terms Archit. ii. 183/1 Fenestella,..a little window.
2. Zoology. (See quots.)
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the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > phylum Polyzoa > [noun] > member of
coralline1721
coralloid1750
fenestella1849
bryozoan1851
moss-coral1853
polyzoan1856
moss animal1858
moss-polyp1876
fenestellid1882
moss animalcule1890
tentaculibranchiatec1904
1849 R. I. Murchison Siluria (1867) ix. 188 The species [of Lower Silurian Zoophytes] with a net-like form, Fenestella and Retepora.
1854 R. I. Murchison Siluria ix. 216 There is a beautiful little cup-shaped Fenestella in the Wenlock limestone.
1879 W. Rossiter Illustr. Dict. Sci. Terms Fenestella, a polyzoon; known by many fossil remains in Devonian limestones and other rocks.
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