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Webster 1913 Edition
Retrochoir
Re′tro-choir
,Noun.
[Pref.
retro-
+ choir
.] (Eccl. Arch.)
Any extension of a church behind the high altar, as a chapel; also, in an apsidal church, all the space beyond the line of the back or eastern face of the altar.
Definition 2024
retrochoir
retrochoir
English
Alternative forms
Noun
retrochoir (plural retrochoirs)
- (architecture) Any extension of a church behind the high altar, such as a chapel.
- (architecture) In an apsidal church, all the space beyond the line of the back or eastern face of the altar.
Synonyms
- back-choir