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Iconoclasm
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Destruction of religious or sacred images
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Pendentive
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Concave triangular section of a hemisphere which provide transition from a square area to circular base
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Martyrium
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Shrine for a christian martyr (someone who suffers from prosecution for refusing to accept a belief other than theirs)
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Ambulatory
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Covered walkway around apse (semicircular recess with hemispheric vault) and choir of church
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Lunette
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Semicircular area (painting or relief) in a wall over a door/window
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Narthex
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Porch of a church collanaded and preceding the nave (main/central body of church)
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Catacomb
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Subterranean networks of rock-cut galleries and chambers as cemmeteries
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Mandorla
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Almond-shaped nimbus (dark cloud) surrounding christ/sacred figure
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Squinch
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Architectural device used as a transition between a square shape to a circular base for a dome
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Encaustic
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Painting technique in which pigment is mixed with melted wax and applied to the surface while hot
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Spolia
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Re-use of previous building material/idaes for new monments
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Coffer
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Sunken panel/cut outs in vault, dome or ceiling to let in light and reduce pressure
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Apse
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Semicircular recess in wall of a building
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Nave
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Central area of ancient Roman basilica/church to mark boundaries from aisles by columns
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Basilica
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Public building for legal and other civic proceedings with a long entrance and rectangular plan (Roman)
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