chevet (Eastern end of a church

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• chevet — /sheuh vay /, n. an apse, as of a Gothic cathedral. [1800 10; < F, earlier chevès, OF chevez L capitium opening or covering for the head. See CAPUT] * * * ▪ architecture       eastern end of a church, especially of a Gothic church designed in the …   Universalium

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