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| a slab forming the top of the capital of a column |
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| passageway or aisle around the interior of a church or cathedral |
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| oval or round theater with tiers of seats gradually rising from a central arena |
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| semicircular space at the end of a church sanctuary, often highly decorated |
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| the curved or pointed structure spanning the top of an open space, such as a doorway, and supporting the weight above it |
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| lowest horizontal portion of the entablature, supported by column capitals |
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| room in the center of an ancient Roman house |
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| large rectangular building with a central nave and an apse at one or both ends, originally used in Rome for business and legal meetings, later adapted for early Christian churches |
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| a projecting support or reinforcement of stone |
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| decorative top part of a column that supports the entablature |
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| sculpted female figure used in place of an architectural support |
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| underground burial areas of early Christians |
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| inner room of a Greek or Roman temple, where the temple's cult statue was kept |
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| the space around the alter of the church, usually enclosed, for the clergy and other officials |
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| story of a building with windows |
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| square indentations of the underside of an arch, vault, or dome |
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| a row of columns placed side by side, usually to support a roof or series of arches |
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| ancient Greek order of architecture characterized by a capital ornamented with acanthus leaves, most decorative order |
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| a horizontal molding that forms the uppermost, projecting part of an entablature |
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| ancient Greek order of architecture characterized by a capital consisting of a square block supported by a cushion shape |
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| the cushion-shaped stone below the abacus of a doric capital |
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| the horizontal structure above the columns and capitals and below the roof |
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| slight bulge in the middle of a column |
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| vertical grooves on the surface of a column |
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| characteristic of Gothic architecture, an arch-shaped buttress |
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| a band of ornamental carving or painting, especially the middle section of an entablature, between the architrave and the cornice |
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| gutter, carved usually in the form of a fantastic creature, the mouth serving as a waterspout, used to keep "evil spirits" away |
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| a vault or ceiling created by intersection of vaults |
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| ancient Greek order characterized by a capital in the shape of a curling volute scroll |
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| the wedge-shaped piece at the summit of an arch, regarded as holding the other pieces in place |
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| part of the entablature of the doric order, squarish in shape and painted/carved alternate with triglyphs |
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| in Islamic architecture, a tall slender tower attached to a mosque, from which the muezzin calls the faithful to prayer |
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| entrance hall or vestibule of a church |
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| long central space of a church, flanked on both sides by narrower aisles |
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| circular window, usually in the middle/top of a dome |
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| a small room in the cella of a classical temple, as for a treasury |
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| in Classical architecture, a triangular space at the end of a building, formed by the cornice and the ends of the sloping roof |
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| a relatively small, upright structure, commonly terminating in a gable, pyramid or cone, rising about the roof of a building or capping a tower, buttress, or other projecting architectural member |
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| vertical posts supporting a horizontal lintel |
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| decorative container for relics |
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| circular "wheel" window characteristic of Gothic architecture, at the west end of the cathedral |
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| forms the foundation for a colonnade, especially the outermost colonnade |
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| elaborate pattern of interlacing stone lines, especially in Gothic windows |
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| the portion of the church at a right angle to the nave, between the nave and the choir, or apse |
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| the elevated galleries above the aisles of a church or cathedral |
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| part of the entablature of the doric order, have 3 sections and alternate with metopes |
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| a porous whitish stone that is soft when cut but hardens after exposure to air |
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| semicircular area above a window or door |
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| spiral scroll ornaments, as on an Ionic capital |
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| wedge-shape stones that makes up a true arch |
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| in ancient Near Eastern architecture, a monumental stepped base made of brick to support a temple |
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