retrochoir

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Noun
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ret=ro=choir

CIDE DICTIONARY

retrochoirn. [Pref. retro- + choir.].
     Any extension of a church behind the high altar, as a chapel; also, in an apsidal church, all the space beyond the line of the back or eastern face of the altar.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

retrochoir, n. the part of a cathedral or large church behind the high altar.

Etymology
med.L retrochorus (as RETRO-, CHOIR)

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