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chevet

che·vet [ chə váy ] (plural che·vets)


noun 
Definition:
 
structures at eastern end of church: a complex of elaborate architectural structures at the eastern end of a church, especially a French Gothic church, usually consisting of a semicircular or polygonal apse with radiating chapels and many buttresses

[Early 19th century. < French, "pillow"]
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