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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

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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

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Undercroft: The crypt below the church

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