NORMAN ARCHITECTURE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Norman architecture mean? 

• NORMAN ARCHITECTURE (noun)
  The noun NORMAN ARCHITECTURE has 1 sense:

1. a Romanesque style first appearing in Normandy around 950 AD and used in Britain from the Norman Conquest until the 12th century

  Familiarity information: NORMAN ARCHITECTURE used as a noun is very rare.

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• NORMAN ARCHITECTURE (noun)

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Meaning:

A Romanesque style first appearing in Normandy around 950 AD and used in Britain from the Norman Conquest until the 12th century

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Hypernyms ("Norman architecture" is a kind of...):

Romanesque; Romanesque architecture (a style of architecture developed in Italy and western Europe between the Roman and the Gothic styles after 1000 AD; characterized by round arches and vaults and by the substitution of piers for columns and profuse ornament and arcades)