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Definition of Chevet

Chevet
Chevet Che*vet", n. [F., head of the bed, dim. fr. chef head. See Chief.] (Arch.) The extreme end of the chancel or choir; properly the round or polygonal part.

Meaning of Chevet from wikipedia

- chevet (French, "headpiece"). Triple apse of Basilica di Santa Giulia, northern Italy East end of the abbey church of Saint-Ouen, showing the chevet,...
- The Chevet Achim Synagogue (Spanish: Templo Union Hebrea Chevet Achim) is a former Jewish congregation and synagogue, located on Calle Inquisidor, in...
- Cartagena (French: L'homme de chevet) is a 2009 French drama film directed by Alain Monne and starring Sophie Marceau, Christopher Lambert, and Margarita...
- Saint-Denis 1140–1144 – Reconstruction of the chevet with Gothic features 1231 – Reconstruction of the upper chevet and the nave 1267 – Louis IX inaugurates...
- covered with a wooden beamed roof, but no trace remains today. The Romanesque chevet of the cathedral, seen in 1671 Vaults of the crypt Romanesque pillars, vaults...
- pillars of the transept crossing, as well as the two left columns of the chevet began to show cracks and other signs of stress. A team of experts examined...
- Cathedral floorplan: m****ive piers support the west end towers; transepts are abbreviated; seven radiating chapels form the chevet reached from the ambulatory...
- see footnote 1. Lynn 1999, pp. 269–270. Merryman 2007, p. 321. Ó Gráda & Chevet 2002, pp. 706–733. Lynn 1999, p. 326. Lynn 1999, p. 334. Lynn 1999, p. 342...
- transept of a church separates the nave from the sanctuary, apse, choir, chevet, presbytery, or chancel. The transepts cross the nave at the crossing, which...
- Chevet is a civil parish in the metropolitan borough of the City of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England. The parish contains four listed buildings that...