cruciform

Speech parts

1. cruciform - Noun

2. cruciform - Adjective

3. cruciform - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Cross-shaped; (Bot.) having four parts arranged in the form of a cross.

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Another popular configuration, especially for churches with large choirs is cruciform or cross-shaped or what is called the "Greek-cross." Source: Internet

As a result of this act, the traditional texture of the city was replaced with cruciform intersecting streets creating large roundabouts, located on the major public spaces such as the bazaar. Source: Internet

Piers that occur at the intersection of two large arches, such as those under the crossing of the nave and transept, are commonly cruciform in shape, each arch having its own supporting rectangular pier at right angles to the other. Source: Internet

Opening from the western side of the cloister, but actually standing in the outer court, is the refectory (G), a large cruciform (cross shaped) building, about convert square, decorated within with frescoes of saints. Source: Internet

In it, he proposed to bulldoze most of central Paris north of the Seine and replace it with his sixty-story cruciform towers from the Contemporary City, placed within an orthogonal street grid and park-like green space. Source: Internet

St. Mary's Cathedral, Sydney has a typical cruciform plan. Source: Internet

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