Glossary

A try square the arm of which is at right angles to the handle; the position of the arm may be moved […]

A structural system for supporting an acoustical ceiling; may incorporate lighting fixtures and air diffusers.

In a church, a sound reflector behind and over a pulpit.

A monastery or convent; particularly the church thereof.

In the plane Cartesian coordinate system, the horizontal coordinate of a point on a plane; the x-coordinate, obtained by measuring the distance from

A masonry mass (or the like) which receives the thrust of an arch, vault, or strut.

A common plant of the Mediterranean, whose leaves, stylized, form the characteristic decoration of capitals of Corinthian and Composite orders. In scroll form

A door, usually small, which is provided through a finished construction, as into a duct, through a ceiling, behind a wall, in