| NOUN | cognition | Gothic architecture, Gothic | a style of architecture developed in northern France that spread throughout Europe between the 12th and 16th centuries |
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| Meaning | 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. | |
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| Synonym | Gothic | |
| Narrower | perpendicular, perpendicular style, English-Gothic, English-Gothic architecture | A Gothic style in 14th and 15th century England |
| Broader | architectural style, style of architecture, type of architecture | architecture as a kind of art form |
| Spanish | arquitectura gótica, gótico | |
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