tri·fo·ri·um (tr -fôr  - m, -f r-)n. pl. tri·fo·ri·a (-fôr -, -fr-) Architecture A gallery of arches above the side-aisle vaulting in the nave of a church. [Medieval Latin, a gallery in Canterbury Cathedral (later taken to mean "with three openings").] |
triforium [traɪˈfɔːrɪəm]
n pl -ria [-rɪə]
(Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Architecture) an arcade above the arches of the nave, choir, or transept of a church
[from Anglo-Latin, apparently from Latin tri- + foris a doorway; referring to the fact that each bay characteristically had three openings]
triforial adj
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