Church architecture

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Kokoshnik in architecture

Kokoshnik (Russian: кокошник) is a semicircular or keel-like exterior decorative element in the traditional Russian architecture, a type of corbel…

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Royal Peculiar

A Royal Peculiar (or Royal Peculier) is a Church of England parish or church exempt from the jurisdiction of the…

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Pro-cathedral

A pro-cathedral is a parish church that is temporarily serving as the cathedral or co-cathedral of a diocese, or has…

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Pilgrimage church

A pilgrimage church (German: Wallfahrtskirche) is a church to which pilgrimages are regularly made, or a church along a pilgrimage…

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Parish close

Parish close is a translation of the French term enclos paroissial. It refers to a number of locations in Brittany,…

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Parish church

A parish church (or parochial church) in Christianity is the church which acts as the religious centre of a parish.…

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Stave church

A stave church is a medieval wooden Christian church building once common in north-western Europe. The name derives from the…

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Octagonal churches in Norway

An octagonal church has an octagonal (eight-sided polygon) architectural plan. The exterior and the interior (the nave) may be shaped…

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Octagon on cube

Octagon on cube (also octagon on the quadrangle) is a type of architectural composition, in which a building is designed…

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Mother church

Mother church or matrice is a term depicting the Christian Church as a mother in her functions of nourishing and…

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Minor basilica

Minor basilica (Latin: Basilica minor, Basilicæ minores in plural) is a title given to some Roman Catholic church buildings. According…

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Meeting house

A meeting house is a building where religious and sometimes public meetings take place. Meeting houses in America The colonial…

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Mannheim Palace Church

The Mannheim Palace Church (German: Mannheimer Schlosskirche), founded as a court chapel, was built in the 18th century and is…

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Major basilica

Major basilica (Latin: Basilica maior; plural: Basilicae maiores) is the title given to the four highest-ranking Roman Catholic church buildings,…

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Katholikon

A katholikon or catholicon (Greek: καθολικόν) or sobor (Slavonic: съборъ) refers to one of three things in the Eastern Orthodox…

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