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Noun: Gothic architecture
  1. 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
    - Gothic

Type of: architectural style, style of architecture, type of architecture

Encyclopedia: Gothic architecture