Sacristy Safe storage for the church valuables

Sanctuary Location of the church to the east of the alter rails

Scriptorium Place in a religious community where manuscripts were written and decorated

See Ecclesiastical area under control of a bishop

Sepulchre A tomb

Spire Conical construction on top of a tower

Stained Glass The glass is stained with metallic oxides and painted afterwards with finer details

Steeple Combined spire and tower where there is no defined join

Strapwork Ornament that imitates interlacing bands of leather

Transepts Located to the north and south of the choir, providing extra chapels and useful for holding the central tower up

Triforium The portion of the internal wall of a cathedral above the arcade and below the clerestory that fronts the area above aisles

Undercroft The crypt below the church