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chevet
noun
che·vet
\shəˈvā\
Definition of chevet
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: the apsidal eastern termination of a church choir typically having a surrounding ambulatory that opens onto a number of radiating apses or chapels —used especially of French Gothic architecture
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Origin and Etymology of chevet
French, alteration of Old French chevez, from Latin capitium head covering, opening for the head, from caput head
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