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    ENGLISH-GOTHIC ARCHITECTURE

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    A Gothic style in 14th and 15th century England; characterized by vertical lines and a four-centered (Tudor) arch and fan vaultingplay

    Synonyms:

    English-Gothic; English-Gothic architecture; perpendicular; perpendicular style

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    Hypernyms ("English-Gothic architecture" is a kind of...):

    Gothic; Gothic architecture (a style of architecture developed in northern France that spread throughout Europe between the 12th and 16th centuries; characterized by slender vertical piers and counterbalancing buttresses and by vaulting and pointed arches)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "English-Gothic architecture"):

    Tudor architecture (a style of English-Gothic architecture popular during the Tudor period; characterized by half-timbered houses)

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