PERPENDICULAR STYLE

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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 vaulting

Synonyms:

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

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Hypernyms ("perpendicular style" 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 "perpendicular style"):

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

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