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Built Environment
(hierarchy name)
Single Built Works
(hierarchy name)
single built works
(built environment)
[single built works by specific type]
[single built works by function]
ceremonial structures
religious structures
religious buildings
Scope note
Buildings built or used for religious ceremonies or other functions having to do with a particular religion.
UF
buildings, religious
UF
ecclesiastical architecture
UF
liturgical architecture
UF
religious architecture
UF
religious building
UF
religious facilities
BT
religious structures
300007391
religious buildings
NT10
300000638
domus ecclesiae
NT10
300003723
religious building fixtures
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NT11
Christian religious building fixtures
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NT12
altar rails
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NT13
communion rails
NT12
confessionals
(Christian religious building fixtures)
NT12
Easter sepulchers
NT12
rood lofts
NT12
pulpits
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NT13
ambos
(pulpits)
NT13
three-deckers
(pulpits)
NT12
piscinae
(Christian building fixtures)
NT12
communion tables
NT12
ciboria
(structures)
NT12
credence tables
(religious building fixtures)
NT12
baptismal fonts
NT12
holy water stoups
NT12
tabernacles
(liturgical containers) [
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NT13
portable tabernacles
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NT13
wall tabernacles
NT13
rotating tabernacles
NT12
hanging pyxes
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NT13
eucharistic doves
NT12
riddel posts
NT12
font cranes
NT12
[screens in Christian religious buildings]
[
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NT13
iconostases
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NT13
altar screens
NT13
parcloses
NT13
reredoses
(screens)
NT13
chancel screens
[
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]
NT13
choir screens
NT13
organ screens
NT13
cancellos
NT13
rood screens
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]
NT13
pardon screens
NT13
baptismal screens
NT12
sacristy cupboards
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NT13
frontal cupboards
NT12
holy oils aumbries
NT12
baptismal baths
NT12
rood beams
NT12
consecration crosses
NT12
consecration candlesticks
NT12
baptismal font supports
NT12
baptismal font stands
NT12
baptistery arches
NT12
credence niches
NT12
credence shelves
NT12
[fixtures for seating or kneeling in Christian religious buildings]
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NT13
deacons' benches
NT13
[pews and pew components]
[
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NT13
sedilia
NT13
kneelers
(furniture) [
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]
NT13
[stalls and stall components]
[
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]
NT13
presider's chairs
[
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]
NT13
acolyte seats
NT11
Islamic religious building fixtures
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NT12
minbars
NT12
qibla walls
NT12
dikkas
NT12
mihrabs
NT12
maqsuras
NT12
müezzin mahfilis
NT11
ablution fountains
NT11
[altars and altar components]
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NT12
altars
(religious fixtures) [
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]
NT13
high altars
NT13
freestanding altars
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]
NT13
confessions
(tombs)
NT13
asen
NT13
boliw
NT13
portable altars
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]
NT13
house altars
[
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]
NT13
grave altars
NT13
portico altars
NT13
sarcophagus altars
NT13
side altars
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NT13
altar tables
NT13
ofrendas
(altars)
NT13
acerras
(altars)
NT13
balikkals
NT12
altar components
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NT13
mensas
(altar components)
NT13
sepulchers
(altar components)
NT13
retables
(altar appendage)
NT13
tabernacles
(liturgical containers) [
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]
NT13
gradines
(altar shelves)
NT13
altar canopies
NT13
altar steps
NT13
altar frontal frames
NT13
altar poles
NT12
tlalmomoztli
NT11
chancel screens
[
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NT12
cancellos
NT12
rood screens
[
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]
NT13
tramezzi
NT11
preaching chairs
NT11
[coverings and hangings for religious building fixtures]
[
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NT12
parokhets
NT12
[coverings and hangings for altars and altar components]
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NT13
dossals
(curtains)
NT13
altar cloths
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]
NT13
superfrontals
NT13
tabernacle veils
NT13
antimensia
NT13
riddels
NT13
antependia
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NT13
paraments
NT13
altar veils
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]
NT12
houseling cloths
NT12
kiswas
NT12
antependia
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NT13
altar cloths
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]
NT13
pulpit falls
NT13
lectern covers
NT13
gradine covers
NT12
iconostasis curtains
NT12
cloths of honor
NT12
Lenten cloths
NT12
mourning cloths
NT11
Japanese religious building fixtures
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NT12
tokonoma
NT12
butsudan
NT11
Jewish religious building fixtures
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NT12
shtenders
NT12
bemas
NT12
mikvehs
NT11
Indian religious building fixtures
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NT12
Hindu religious building fixtures
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NT13
śikharas
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NT13
āmalakas
[
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NT13
candraśālās
[
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NT13
grīvās
[
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NT13
prākāras
NT13
prastaras
(entablatures)
NT13
chādyas
NT13
bhadras
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NT13
devakulikās
[
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]
NT13
ghaṇṭās
(building fixtures)
NT13
jagatīs
[
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NT13
jaṅghās
[
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NT13
kapotas
NT13
karṇas
NT13
phāṁsanās
NT13
pīṭhas
[
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]
NT13
kuṇḍas
(wells)
NT13
vedikās
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]
NT13
harmikās
NT13
chattras
NT13
pārśvacatuṣkī
NT13
bhūmikhaṇḍa
NT12
mallacchādya
NT12
kakṣāsana
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NT13
mattālamba
NT11
offertory tables
NT11
Pacific Island religious building fixtures
[
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]
NT12
atamiras
NT10
300004559
religious building spaces
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]
NT11
Christian religious building spaces
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NT12
feretories
NT12
aisles
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]
NT13
ambulatories
NT13
side aisles
NT13
central aisles
NT13
mukhālinda
NT12
chancels
NT12
antechoirs
NT12
retrochoirs
NT12
chapels
(rooms or structures) [
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]
NT13
[chapels by function]
[
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]
NT13
[chapels by location or context]
[
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]
NT12
chevets
(building spaces)
NT12
conventicles
NT12
crossings
(building spaces)
NT12
crypts
NT12
narthexes
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NT13
esonarthexes
NT13
exonarthexes
NT12
sacristies
(religious spaces) [
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NT13
diaconica
NT12
transepts
NT12
presbyteries
NT12
cloisters
NT12
misericords
(building spaces)
NT12
parlatories
NT12
ambulatories
NT12
choirs
(church spaces)
NT12
coretti
NT12
galilees
NT11
sanctuaries
(religious building spaces) [
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NT12
vimānas
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NT13
pañcatala
NT13
caturmukha
NT13
catustala
NT13
bhadravimāna
NT13
karṇavimāna
NT13
lupā
NT13
vimānākāra
NT13
saptatala
NT13
kūṭākāra-alpa
NT13
ēkatala
NT13
ṣaḍatala
NT13
alpavimāna
NT13
sabhadra vimāna
NT13
rathākara
NT13
tritala
NT13
dvitala
NT13
jāti-vimāna
NT13
anarpita
NT12
oracular sanctuaries
NT12
mūlasthāna
NT12
śrikōil
NT11
temple spaces
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NT12
pteromata
NT12
adyta
NT12
opisthodomoi
NT12
pronaoi
NT12
cellae
NT12
Hindu temple spaces
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]
NT13
antarālas
NT13
garbhagṛhas
NT13
deuls
NT13
devakōṣṭhas
NT12
garbha
NT12
gṛha-stūpa
NT11
naoi
(chambers)
NT11
oratories
NT11
sacraria
NT11
pastophoria
NT11
āvṛtta-maṇḍapa
NT11
madhya-nāḍi
NT11
harams
(religious building spaces)
NT11
prayer halls
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]
NT12
musallas
NT12
zawiyas
NT10
300004590
chapels
(rooms or structures) [
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]
NT11
[chapels by function]
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NT12
lady chapels
NT12
chantries
NT12
sepulchral chapels
NT12
private chapels
NT12
royal chapels
NT12
funeral chapels
NT12
tomb chapels
NT12
monastery chapels
NT12
university chapels
NT12
hospital chapels
NT12
airport chapels
NT11
[chapels by location or context]
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NT12
antiparabemata
NT12
protheses
NT12
camarines
NT12
parekklesia
NT12
side chapels
NT12
apse chapels
NT12
axial chapels
NT12
transept chapels
NT12
radiating chapels
NT12
open chapels
NT10
300004829
pagodas
(buildings) [
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NT11
tahōtō
NT11
pagoda crypts
NT11
tǎ
NT10
300005116
kivas
NT10
300007444
baptisteries
NT10
300007466
churches
(buildings) [
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]
NT11
[churches by form]
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NT12
double churches
NT12
hall churches
NT12
rock-cut churches
NT12
stave churches
NT12
fortified churches
NT12
round churches
NT12
polygonal churches
NT12
round-tower churches
NT12
galleried churches
(buildings)
NT11
[church buildings by function]
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NT12
chapels of ease
(buildings)
NT12
pilgrimage churches
(buildings)
NT12
procathedrals
(buildings)
NT12
auxiliary churches
(buildings)
NT11
[church buildings by location or context]
[
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]
NT12
abbey churches
NT12
cathedrals
(works by context)
NT12
cave churches
NT12
collegiate churches
NT12
minsters
NT12
mission churches
(buildings)
NT12
monastic churches
(buildings)
NT12
parish churches
(buildings) [
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]
NT13
municipal parish churches
NT12
katholika
NT12
hospital churches
NT12
house churches
[
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]
NT13
domus ecclesiae
NT12
basilicas
(works by context) [
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]
NT13
lesser basilicas
(works by context)
NT13
major basilicas
(works by context)
NT12
royal churches
NT12
priory churches
NT12
Grace Churches
(buildings)
NT12
Refuge Churches
(buildings)
NT12
Churches of Peace
(buildings)
NT12
border churches
(buildings)
NT10
300007528
meeting houses
(religious buildings) [
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]
NT11
Quaker meeting houses
NT10
300007544
mosques
(buildings) [
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]
NT11
[mosques by form]
[
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]
NT12
four-iwan mosques
NT12
hypostyle mosques
NT11
[mosques by function]
[
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]
NT12
jamis
NT12
masjids
NT10
300007590
synagogues
(buildings)
NT10
300007595
temples
(buildings) [
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]
NT11
[temples by form]
[
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NT12
wats
NT12
rock-cut temples
[
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]
NT13
speoses
NT12
hypaethral temples
NT12
pañcāyatanas
NT12
Drāviḍa
NT12
trivihāra
NT12
ēḍūka
NT12
vēsara
NT12
Valabhīcchandaja
NT12
vṛttasaṁsthānaka
NT12
vṛṣa
NT12
muṇḍamāla
NT12
Nāgara
NT12
Tripuruṣa-śālā
NT12
aṣṭabhadra
NT12
Caturviṁśati-Jinālaya
NT12
aṣṭakarṇa-Latina
NT12
valabhī
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]
NT13
skandha-vēdī
NT12
sāndhāra
NT12
Drāviḍakūṭa
NT12
Tripuraṣa prāsāda
NT12
sarvatōbhadra
NT12
trikūṭa
NT12
trikūṭācala
NT12
nirandhāra
NT11
[temples by function]
[
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]
NT12
aedes
NT12
fire temples
[
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]
NT13
chahar taqs
NT12
mortuary temples
NT12
pantheons
NT12
joss houses
NT12
dēvanikāya
NT12
metroons
NT12
cítáng
NT11
[temples by location or context]
[
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]
NT12
cave temples
NT12
heiaus
NT12
basadi
NT12
mūlavimāna
NT12
bhavana
NT12
sthāna
NT12
kōvil
NT12
ambalam
NT10
300263745
maṇḍapas
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NT11
ardhamaṇḍapas
NT11
bhogamaṇḍapas
NT11
gūḍhamaṇḍapa
NT11
namaskāra-maṇḍapas
NT11
maṇḍapikā
NT11
snāpana-maṇḍapa
NT11
vasanta-maṇḍapa
NT11
garuḍa-maṇḍapa
NT11
vṛṣa-maṇḍapa
NT11
sabhāmaṇḍapa
NT11
raṅgamaṇḍapa
NT11
Nandi-maṇḍapa
NT11
prāggrīva-maṇḍapa
NT10
300263747
wihan
NT10
300310627
hondō
NT10
300310628
kondō
NT10
300310648
Kaidan'in
NT10
300310670
shariden
NT10
300312236
tabernacles
(Christian buildings)
NT10
300386671
caityagrha
[
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]
NT11
cētiyaghara
NT10
300400628
fanums
NT10
300404782
imambaras
NT10
300444959
khanqahs
NT10
300446687
āyāgasabhā
NT10
300447250
samavaśaraṇa
RT
religions
(belief systems, cultures)
Català
edifici religiós
Castellano
edificios religiosos
Date of creation: 18-Nov-2024
Accepted term: 18-Nov-2024
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