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Clerestory

//ˈklɪəɹ.stɔːɹi// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The upper part of a wall containing windows to let in natural light to a building, especially in the nave, transept and choir of a church or cathedral.

    "Following these signs, he beheld three or four men with bent bows, leaning from the clerestory gallery."

  2. 2
    part of an interior wall rising above the adjacent roof with windows admitting light wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English clerestory, from clere (“clear: light, lighted”) + story (“storey/story: level of a building”).

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