triforium means The gallery of arches above the side-aisle vaulting in the nave of a church. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 86 out of 100.
Why this word is great
TRIFORIUM — [Noun] A narrow, interior arcade or blind gallery situated in the wall above the main nave arcade and below the clerestory windows in a Gothic church. From Medieval Latin triforium, from Latin tria ("three") + for, a conjectured root meaning "opening" or "door" (as in foris, "door") + -ium (noun-forming suffix), thus literally "a structure with three openings." Unlike a "clerestory" (which denotes the luminous, windowed zone) or a "gallery" (a broad, occupiable platform), the triforium is a shadowed interlude of pure articulation. It is a filigreed cage for echoes, a procession of silent arches against a pale wall, and the fixed rule against which the play of light is measured—a testament to the beauty of that which is made not for use, but for the solemn ordering of space.
noun
- The gallery of arches above the side-aisle vaulting in the nave of a church.