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SacristyThe room or closet in which communion equipment, linen, and supplies are kept.
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Saddle-roof
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SanctuaryThe immediate area around the principal altar.
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ScarpAn artificial cutting away of the ground to form a steeper slope.
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Scotia, trochylusA concave molding that curves to a half-round creating a semi-circle or half an ellipse.
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ScriptoriumArea in a monastery where books and documents were written, copied, and illuminated.
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Sculpture-in-the-roundFree-standing sculpture that can be viewed from all sides.
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semi-circularComprised of a semi-circle
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Shaft
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Side-aisle
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SlopingPart of a building or a decoration on a slant.
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Small bondBond with broken ashlar of less than 20 cm, assembled in no particular order
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Small columnSmall column with an elongated shaft.
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SpandrelThe roughly triangular wall space between two adjacent arches.
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SpirePolygonal or conical attic space of a tower or bell tower.
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Splay
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SpringerThe lowest voussoir on each side of an arch.
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Squinch
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Squinch
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Stained glassThe art of cutting colored glass into different shapes and fitting them into channeled lead strips, which are also called came.
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Stone facingVisible side of a wall built of freestone.
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Straight pointed archArch composed of two straight segments cut at an acute angle (triangular).
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Strap hingeMetal band, often decorative, attached flat against a door, enabling said door to be supported on its hinge
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Stuc, StuccoA mixture of cement, sand, lime and water spread over metal screening or chicken wire or wooden lath on wooden walls to form the exterior covering of and exterior wall.
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StylobateA course of masonry forming the foundation for a row columns, esp. the outermost colonnade of a classical temple.