{"id":5027,"date":"2016-09-05T11:39:30","date_gmt":"2016-09-05T16:39:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/?p=5027"},"modified":"2016-09-05T11:39:30","modified_gmt":"2016-09-05T16:39:30","slug":"word-of-the-day-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2016\/09\/05\/word-of-the-day-17\/","title":{"rendered":"Word of the Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

Clerestory<\/em>:<\/p>\n

In architecture<\/a>, a clerestory<\/b> (\/\u02c8<\/span>k<\/span>l<\/span>\u026a\u0259r<\/span>s<\/span>t<\/span>\u0254\u02d0r<\/span>i<\/span>\/<\/a><\/span><\/span>; lit. clear storey<\/i>, also clearstory<\/b>, clearstorey<\/b>, or overstorey<\/b>) is a high section of wall that contains windows<\/a> above eye level. The purpose is to admit light, fresh air, or both.<\/p>\n

Historically, clerestory<\/i> denoted an upper level of a Roman basilica<\/a> or of the nave<\/a> of a Romanesque<\/a> or Gothic<\/a>\u00a0church<\/a>, the walls of which rise above the rooflines of the lower aisles<\/a> and are pierced with windows. [Wikipedia<\/a><\/strong><\/em>]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"800px-Wells_cathedral_nave_clerestory\"<\/a><\/p>\n

My Arts Editor claims it’s a common word, but it’s new to me, hence this entry. Also from Wikipedia<\/strong><\/em> comes this rather majestic example<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Clerestory: In architecture, a clerestory (\/\u02c8kl\u026a\u0259rst\u0254\u02d0ri\/; lit. clear storey, also clearstory, clearstorey, or overstorey) is a high section of wall that contains windows above eye level. The purpose is to admit light, fresh air, or both. Historically, clerestory denoted an upper level of a Roman basilica or of the nave \u2026 Continue reading → <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5027","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5027","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5027"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5027\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5029,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5027\/revisions\/5029"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5027"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5027"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5027"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}